Advances in Health Sciences Research

Indonesia is the largest active smoker in the world, which ranks fifth out of all countries. These active smokers are on average between the ages of 30 to 34 years with a percentage of 33.4 percent. The occupations of these are mostly farmers, laborers, and fishermen as much as 44.5 percent. The impact...

Dyslipidemia is a condition of the lipid profile in the blood at an abnormal level. Based on the 2013 Riskesdas, about 35.9% of the Indonesian population aged >14 years experienced dyslipidemia. Black cumin is an herbal plant that through its antioxidant activity can cure diseases such as dyslipidemia....

Complications resulting from unsafe abortion are among the major complications which account for nearly 75% of all maternal deaths. Unsafe abortion is risky for women with an unintended pregnancy. Unintended pregnancy is one of the important issues in public health because there is a negative relationship...

Thyroid nodules are one of frequent clinical problem with prevalence of 5% palpable nodules. Results of atypia of undetermined significance (AUS) can be found with risk of 5-15% malignancy rates. Management of AUS is still challenging and complex including observation until surgical approach. We present...

Learning is an individual's attempt to experience new behavioral changes in the interaction of his environment. The changes enable individuals to master the material as the goal of learning. Learning mastery needs to be accompanied by a learning approach. The learning approach is divided into two...

Vitamin E is an antioxidant that can be formulated in a cream. VCO can be used as the oil phase in cream and can also function as an antioxidant, moisturizer and emollient. Object: The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of concentration level VCO in formula 1 (3%), formula 2 (6%), formula...

Nowadays Futsal is in great demand by various circles. Many people play this sport for leisure or for achievement. Aim of the study to compare the characteristics of physiology, heart rate, blood lactate levels, the number of steps, and energy expenditure for amateur futsal players in two consecutive...

Membership in social security is one of the dimensions formulated by the World Health Organization in achieving Universal Health Coverage. It is also an indicator of the successfulness of the National Health Insurance (NHI) program. In the SP. Padang Subdistrict of Ogan Komering Ilir Regency, the number...

DM is a silent killer disease characterized by increased blood glucose levels and failure of insulin secretion or use of insulin in an inadequate metabolism that can cause peripheral circulation problems called neuropathy. It is estimated that in 2030 the incidence of DM will increase by approximately...

Visual biofeedback is a visual technology similar to video games. Some studies claim that visual biofeedback improves the balance of stroke patients, but others claim that traditional exercise physical therapy is superior to visual biofeedback. This study set out to investigate how biofeedback affected...

This study aims to analyze the effect of giving Positive affirmations through ‘Arunika’ card to anxiety level of women in the first stage of labor. Methods: This type of research is Pre-Experimental Design (Nondesign) using a one group pretest-posttest design. The population was 34 mothers giving birth...

Prayer or Salat in Islam occupies a very important position, even prayer is the second pillar of Islam after the creed, even the command to pray has been instilled since the age of 7 years as described in the hadith of the prophet. Explicitly the hadith of the prophet related to the command to pray at...

Government efforts to develop sports as stated in article 21 paragraph 4 of Law No. 03 of 2005 concerning the national sports system that coaching and developing sports is carried out through family channels, educational channels, and community channels based on the development of sports for all people...

Background: The incidence of chronic kidney disease has been increased every year. One of the treatment in these cases is hemodialysis. Hemodialysis can affect physical dan psychological that affect quality of life in patients. This study was conducted to analyze the differences in quality of life based...

This study aims to analyze the need for audio podcast-based learning media in basketball courses. This research is a type of quantitative descriptive survey research. The subjects of this study were students of the Department of Physical Education, Health and Recreation, Faculty of Sports Science at...

Background The demands of the workplace in carrying out out the practice in the hospital can increase stress because it requires sharpness, and speed in carrying out tasks, so to be competent are needed more professionally. This study aimed to applay the critical thinking model of nurses in carrying...

Length of Stay (LOS) is one of the indicators of quality service in a hospital. Length of Stay is the duration of treatment days in hospital in one period of nursing. One of the factors Influencing LOS is the care giver, in this case is caring behavior from nurses. The purpose of this research was to...

A study was carried out on the selection of priority substances for monitoring the quality of atmospheric air in Bratsk taking into account the criteria of risk to public health. Based on the results of the assessment of the parameters of the population health risk and the hygienic assessment of retrospective...

Background: Hypertension, known as the silent killer, is a rising in the pressure of blood above normal and results in insufficient oxygen and nutrients to the brain. Maintaining blood pressure within normal limits will ensure adequate blood flow to the brain (cerebral perfusion). One important factor...

Background: Less than 25% of asthmatic children are well controlled. Little is known about how parental socioeconomic status affects the level of control of their children suffering Asthma. This may contribute to the successfulness of universal coverage. Objective: To determine the relationship of socioeconomic...

This study aims to see the meaningful results of the implementation of the Complex Training to increase the ability of reaction time and leg power of UPI volleyball athletes. The method used in this study is an experimental method with the design of One group pretest - posttest design by giving treatment...

Cardiovascular reactivity is a response of the cardiovascular system when it reacts to physical stress or psychological stress that can affect hemodynamics. Murottal therapy as a complementary treatment to lower high blood pressure and it is an efficient therapy that can be easily done by every individual....

This study aims to look at the effect of inclusive teaching styles on breaststroke swimming learning outcomes. The teaching style of inclusion has done a lot to understand and explain learners in sports. When using the inclusive teaching style approach, it can introduce various levels of tasks to be...

The study was aimed to investigate the effect of parachute games on hearing impaired students’ development on their assertive behavior. An experiment method using The Randomized Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design was employed to answer the research question. 24 hearing impaired students of SLB Negeri...

Oral health is an inseparable part of health of other organ systems (systemic health). Limited or inadequate dental care causes the most common problems of all health problems in childhood; those are, tooth decay (dental caries), malocclusion, and periodontal disease. Trauma, especially tooth loss, is...

Vaccination is one of the ways that countries around the world to manage the COVID-19. The effectiveness of a vaccine can be assessed from the degree of protective antibodies produced after the vaccination program. The purpose of this study was to determine the levels of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the...

The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing problem in the world. The etiology of this disease is a group of coronaviruses that cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and middle east respiratory syndrome (MERS CoV). This virus is still mutating and producing new variants that have the characteristics...

In the area of evidence based medicine (EBM), biostatistics and epidemiology are considered as the main elements aiding the health professional to design a research study, understand the literature, and make decisions about patient care. Planners and policy-makers in the medical health science education...

Maternal mortality is still the main problem in Indonsia. Based on SDKI 2012, maternal mortality in Indonesia is 346 each 1000 of birth while national target in 2019 is 305 each 1000 of birth. The aim of research is to analyze factors that correlate with village midwives performance in ante natal care...

In order to realize an advanced, independent and democratic village, it requires a budget for development and community empowerment in a village. The budget is regulated in PP (Government Regulation) No. 60 of 2014 concerning Village Funds which states that village funds are funds sourced from the APBN...

Postpartum depression is a mood disorder after childbirth that occurs due to unpreparedness to give birth to a baby and become a mother. This will have an impact on the mother's ability to care for newborns. It is important to educate newborn care management so that mothers are able to care for their...

Based on Rikesdas (2013), in South Sumatra there were 14.4 % people with mental disorder has been put on a restrainted at and In Ogan Ilir Regency found that 24 people that has been restrainted. This study aimed to find out family support to the restrainting people with mental disorders in Ogan Ilir...

Background: Down Syndrome is a type of genetic disease caused by abnormalities on chromosome 21 which causes the patients to experience delays in physical and mental development. As a result, this has an impact on the family, including siblings. The purpose of this study was to figure out the image of...

Studies examining imagery training and improving the performance of basic football techniques have been widely conducted in the sports field. These kinds of studies explain that imagery training has a very positive effect on the performance improvement of athletes in several sports, particularly football....

Hybrid composite resin is a restorative material that has a filler size ranging from 0.4 to 1.0 μm which is resistant to fracture, has a colour similar to the tooth structure, and resistant to abrasion. Hybrid composite resin has the property of absorbing liquid like robusta coffee. Robusta coffee contains...

Objective: Anemia is a condition of low blood concentrations of hemoglobin or a low hematocrit. Adolescent girls who experience anemia often occur when menstruating due to iron-containing blood loss. Based on the above background, this study examines what factors are related to the incidence of anemia...

As one of martial sports that is generally preferred by men, Judo is considered as a tough sport for women. Besides, social and cultural aspects also don’t support women to play Judo. West Java is one of barometers for Judo sport in national level. West Java athletes on Judo made a great achievement...

Background: Health education is a planning effort for influencing, helping and giving protection so that the audience will be able to act based on expectation. The purpose of this study was to find out the the effectiveness of leaflet and video media in health education toward student knowledge about...

The purpose of this study is to find out Learning Model for Basic Motion Skills of Elementary School Class Students Based on Games. The research method used is descriptive method with the survey form. The subject of this research is the upper-class elementary school with the object of research as many...

This article is devoted to the problems of drinking water quality in centralized drinking water supply systems on the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as its possible impact on public health. Analysis of the current situation on the territory of the Russian Federation showed that the number...

The purpose of this research is to acknowledge the how far the ability of the students in long jump practice lectures. When in learning result, especially in the long jump number is low, it will affect the overall results of athletic practice learning. The population of this study is all of the students...

Obesity, an excessive accumulation of fat in the body tissues, can occur throughout the body or in a certain part of the body, such as in the abdominal area known as central/abdominal obesity. Fat distribution in the body can be measured by using anthropometry conducted by measuring Body Mass Index (BMI),...

Long period LBW treatment in a hospital often causes stress which results in changes in physiological function. Modification of gentle human touch with left lateral position is a treatment that supports in providing comfort and good position for the lungs that affect thoracoabdominal synchronization...

Watercress (Nasturtium officinale R.Br) is a highlands plant that has been eaten as a vegetable by many people. Watercress contains protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin C, flavonoids and phenols. Antioxidants are components that can delay or prevent the oxidation of lipids,...

Women who face menopause are included in the risk group because in this group there is a drastic change in physical, psychological, and socio-cultural. The age of menopause between a woman and another woman is not the same and depends on the factors that influence it. Menopause at an earlier age will...

The impact that occurs if high blood is not overcome it will occur persistently for a long time and cause disruptions to blood circulation in the heart, stroke, kidney disease, heart and eyes. High blood pressure can interfere with the inside of the arteries and allow for a buildup of blood clots (Susilo...

Chronic kidney failure is a disease with a global prevalece of height. The high incedence of chronic kidney failure requires special care to improve the quality of life is the state where a person feels compertabel and saitisfied in everyday life, including physical, emotional, social and spiritual functions....

This study’s objective is to examine the factors that increase the risk of stunting in children under two in Palu City with analytical cross-sectional, targeting children aged 6 to 23 months of 270 infants and children under two years selected through cluster simple random sampling and took place between...

In order to get a maximum of peak performance, we coaches are not allowed to close themselves from the development of the current era because if the coaches close themselves we will lack the creative things we can make for athletes to support the achievements that the coach wants, for example of making...

Mother’s class to toddler (KIB) in order to increase the empowerment of mothers through increased knowledge, attitude and skills of a toddler care. To improve the ability of mothers in caring toddler this research was conducted a structured training class used training modules in order to improve the...

This study aims to test the predictive validity of Badminton Basic Skill Learning Outcomes Instrument (BBSLOIT) based on gender. This research uses descriptive method for the age group of beginners of badminton school in Bandung as many as 50 students. The instrument used was BBSLOIT developed by Hambali...

The problem in this study is the low achievement obtained by the SSB Tunas Harapan player, X Koto Subdistrict, Tanah Datar District. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is an influence of the sprint training method on the running speed of the SSB Player Tunas Harapan, X Koto District,...

The Coronavirus disease (Covid-19), was declared a pandemic as it spread globally. In Indonesia the initiatives on mitigation and slowing the spread of the disease focused on physical distancing efforts. Focusing in Mataram, the main region of the Island of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara Province. We analysed...

Background: An essential indicator in figuring out the degree of public health is the Maternal Mortality charge (MMR). MMR describes the range of women who die from one cause of death related to being pregnant problems or their control. Aim: to explore the knowledge of midwifes about poedji...

Joint pain is common among elders in the community. Some of alternative pain management are applying red ginger compress and warm compresses therapy. Object: This study aim was to determine the differences in the effectiveness of red ginger compress and warm compress therapy to reduce joint pain. Method:...

Cross-sector collaboration is one way that can be done to increase the potential of the organization, improve service effectiveness, and open opportunities for further collaboration in the future. As part of efforts to overcome mental health trauma among the earthquake survivors in Lombok, West Nusa...

Adolescent sexual behavior is part of the process of adolescent reproductive development. Adolescent sexual behavior that is not healthy can lead to serious psychosocial problems, such as depression and social role confusion due to teenage pregnancy. This study aims to determine the determinants of risky...

Background: Academic stress is one of the biggest health problems that have an impact on academic performance. Students become a group that is vulnerable to the stress that comes from academic life. Academic stress that is usually experienced by students is due to academic responsibility. The online...

Heart failure (HF) is a global pandemic that affects at least 26 million people worldwide and its prevalence continues to increase. Heart failure (HF) is a clinical syndrome caused by structural and functional defects in the myocardium resulting in impaired ventricular filling or blood ejection. Echocardiography...

Orthodontic treatment is a form of treatment in dentistry that serves to improve mastication, phonetics, and aesthetics. Changes that occur during orthodontic treatment can be divided into three stages: stage 1, leveling and alignment; stage 2, working; stage 3, finishing. Dentoskeletal changes due to...

This research plan is corroborated by several theoretical basis and research results that the right model applied by the teacher will provide convenience for students in learning. The application of strategies and approaches by the teacher to students must pay attention to the potential of the students,...

Data from the Health Office obtained that from 7 public health center in the Pariaman city area, Naras Health Center had the lowest rate of achieving exclusive breastfeeding, namely 62.5%. Meanwhile, target of achieving exclusive breastfeeding set by the Pariaman city government is 80%. This study purpose...

In Tanjungpinang, the incidence of pulmonary TB is still quite high. In 2011 as many 2,536 as suspected pulmonary TB positive cases examined and 216 as patients. In 2012 have been examined as many as 2,065 patients with chronic cough sputum specimens. The total positive from smear positive bacteria is...

The decision of the soccer referee in a match will affect the outcome of the match, whether it is about an offense or simulation, the player is in an offside or outside position. In Indonesia League 1, there are many factors that influence the referees ‘and assistant referees’ decisions. One of them...

Diabetes and Hypertension are diseases that are on the ten most diseases list in Indonesia, thus increasing health costs. The government implemented chronic disease management program (prolanis) to prevent the disease. This study aims to analyze the implementation of prolanis conducted at the Sako Health...

Background: There are differing views on the impact of performing Open Kinetic Chain (OKC) and Closed Kinetic Chain (CKC) on Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (ACLR). Purpose: This research aims to compare the effects of OKC and CKC exercises on knee function following ACLR. Method: Systematic...

The village ofPulauKampaiPangkalanSusu Sub-district in Langkat District which become a study conducted in 2017 were drawn the girls who marry early or girls married before 20 years old were 82 persons (16.01%), married girls among those who were had been using a modern contraceptive use such as injectables...

Unit cost was real cost at hospital care. Unit cost was component of rational services tariff. The problem was nothing of standarized proportion of direct cost and indirect cost on unit cost in the inpatient room. The purpose of this study was to compare direct cost and indirect cost in unit cost based...

The health development goals as stated in the National Health System are efforts to implement health carried out by the Indonesian people in order to obtain the ability to live a healthy life for each community in order to realize a high health degree. The better the nutritional status of children, especially...

Background: It is necessary to make optimal efforts to prevent or reduce the frequency of pregnant women who are at high risk and treatment needs to be done immediately to reduce maternal and child mortality. Aim: to explore 4t risk factors on pregnancy and labor Methods:...

The elderly population in the Special Region of Yogyakarta ranks first, with a total of 14.7 million people in 2020. The aging process causes health problems, decreased organ function, and various physical changes at all cellular, organ, and system levels, increasing disease incidence in the elderly,...

Hospitals as an entity require an Accounts Information System (AIS) Receivable so that the process of recognizing, recording, billing, and writing off receivables can run effectively. Using qualitative research methods with a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) approach can dig deeper into the focus of the...

Objective: To determine a conceptual definition of health seeking behavior. Methods: Walker and Avant (2011) method of concept analysis approach. The author identified the attributes, antecedents, consequences, empirical referents, and create case description of the concept including model case, borderline...

The study was aimed to investigate the relationship between abdominal muscle and legs power with the return time on 100 meters free style swimming. The study was set as a descriptive correlation study that involved 10 members of UKM Aquatic BS UPI by using purposive sampling technique. Measurement tool...

Intestinal parasitic infections are globally endemic in the world. In Indonesia, intestinal parasitic infections particularly helminthes is one of the public health problems. It can cause malnutrition and anemia so can be disturbing growth and development children. Intestinal parasitic infections with...

The Baccaurea racemosa was the plant that spread in the Southeast Asia. B. racemosa fruit had a sour taste, so that the economy of this plant was low. B. racemosa has almost been forgotten in people. If this plant bears fruit, the fruit is often neglected. If the fruit is sold, the price will be low...

This study aims to determine the differences in the interests In the VII and VIII grade student interests of SMPN 12 Malang City and SMPN 1 Donomulyo Malang Regency towards extracurricular activities of sepak takraw. Using a quantitative descriptive research design survey method with manipulative independent...

The purpose of this study is to describe the achievement of statistical reasoning ability (SRA) of sporting students who work as athletes and not athletes in learning Statistical Reasoning Learning Environment (SRLE). This study uses quantitative analysis with quasi-experimental methods. The research...

Background. Evidence based practice in nursing is an implementation method of patient care to improve the patient quality of care. The understanding and implementation of evidence based practice in nursing practice in Indonesia needs to be improved. Aim. The objective of the study was to determine factors...

Wounds is a discontinuity of tissue. Incision wounds is a wound that made by clean pieces use sharp tools. Inflamation phasein wound healing marked by the activity of neutrophils cells. Nowadays, demand of herbal plants increase, it were used as an alternative therapy. One of the herbal plants in Indonesian...

Emesis gravidarum is a symptom that occurred 6-8 in 10 pregnancies for primigravida and 4-6 in 10 pregnancies for Multigravida. Musa Paradisiaca contain B vitamins, namely thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, and vitamin B6 (pyridoxine). The contents of the banana vitamin B6 are quite large. It helps to reduce...

The postpartum period was a period where there was a change in emotional , physical, social. changes in physiology, body image, fertility, and sexual behavior. Disruption of body image due to the use of hormonal contraceptives can make the acceptor feel worried and anxious about the side effects caused...

Futsal is a kind of sport that has a high risk of being injured. Incident of injury can give serious consequence for player, team (especially when there is no substitute player who has the same quality), and public health system. The study shows that women tend to have ACL injury risk that is higher...

Fibrosis is hallmark histologic event of chronic liver disease. Liver biopsy remains the gold standard for diagnosis and assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis. However, its invasive procedure and can have complication, not suitable for continous observation of liver fibrosis.The...

A mother who gives birth to a baby with a Cesarean Section surgery usually experience pain. Early mobilization is one way to decrease pain intensity among post Cesarean Section patients. This study aims to determine the effect of early mobilization on the decrease in pain intensity among post Cesarean...

The background of the growth and development of children in Indonesia still needs serious attention, the rate of growth and development delays is still quite high, around 5–10% experiencing general developmental delays. Two out of 1000 babies have motor development disorders and 3 to 6 out of 1000 babies...

Antibiotic resistance (ABR) is a global health problem. It is found not only in the health sector, but the ABR issue has to be tackled cross-sectors because the root cause of ABR is multi-sectors such as agriculture, livestock, environment sectors, and community. This study aims to assess the community...

Post-contrast delayed-enhancement MRI helps to show the extent of myocardial infarction (MI), as well as allowing the morphometric analysis of the heart structure, e.g., the left ventricular volume (LVV). Here the author showed how Bayesian implementation of statistical inference can benefit investigators...

The purpose of this study was to determine the profile of body mass index and physical fitness level of the students. The research method used is descriptive quantitative by using body mass index and physical fitness test. The population in this research is the 116 students of physical education program...

Asphyxia neonatorum is the cause of 23% of all neonatal mortality in the world. Three quarters from the neonatal mortality are caused by conditions that can be prevented and treated, including the incident of asphyxia. Low Birth Weight (LBW) has the risk of having a respiratory failure that can cause...

Pneumonia is the leading cause of child mortality in the world. This disease accounts for 16% of all deaths of children under 5 years of age, which causes death in 920,136 toddlers, or more than 2,500 per day, or an estimated 2 toddlers die every minute in 2015. This study aims to determine the relationship...

Background: Coronavirus is a large family of viruses that can cause disease from mild to severe symptoms. COVID-19 attacks people of all ages including vulnerable groups such as pregnant women. Numbers of previous researches on the coronavirus, (SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV), stated that pregnant women have...

Sectio caesarea is the last option for saving the lives of mother and foetus if vaginal delivery faces obstacles. Sectio caesarea action may result in complications of pain that is felt due to tissue damage. Post-caesarian section pain is accute in nature and requires immediate treatment as it may cause...

The highest Incidence Rate of DHF at East Java Province in 2008 was Trenggalek District (123.69/100.000 population). During 2008, DHF has infected all areas of public health services center, tendency of increase in the number of endemic villages and sporadic from year to year and decrease in the number...

Uncontrolled hypertension increases the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Longitudinal studies comparing the effect of BMI and waist circumference with the prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension is limited. This study aims to compare the effects of obesity using BMI and waist circumference...

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC) is one of the most common head and neck malignant neoplasms worldwide. Laboratory profile is rarely evaluated in Indonesia as a prognostic consideration. The aim of this research is to describe the laboratory profile of NPC patients. This is descriptive research using a...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, dental health maintenance activities were slightly hampered because there were rules for maintaining social distance or social distancing to break the chain of transmission of COVID-19. Maintenance Oral health of children and adolescents is very important. Oral health is...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of health education given to parents through the child about knowledge, attitudes, and practices the healthy latrine use in the public health center of Dalam Pagar. Method: This study used quantitative methods, and the type of research...

Current treatment of fixed orthodontic currently used by many, not only for orthodontic treatment but also part of popular lifestyle. Treatment of fixed orthodontic is treatment aimed to fix malocclusion and increase awareness of dental care, mastication function, and esthetic. Aims: This research is...

This study aimed to identify the contribution of athletes’ physical and mental abilities to their performance when they are competing. The method used in this study was descriptive analysis. The sample was selected through a purposive sampling technique. The sample consisted of wrestling athletes registered...