Advances in Health Sciences Research

The quality of inhaled air is determined by the amount of pollutant gases and by particulates in the air. Particulate especially total suspended particulate (TSP) contains heavy metal elements that can have serious health effects. Among all the processes that produce particulates, the coal mining process...

Anemia is a condition in which the number of red blood cells, or hemoglobin concentration is below. The prevalence of anemia is mostly due to iron deficiency. About 50% of anemia in women worldwide is caused by iron deficiency (WHO, 2012). This study aims to determine the correlation of menstrual patterns...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease due to the body’s inability to use insulin effectively resulting in an increase in blood sugar. Optimal blood glucose control has an important role to prevent complications in DM sufferers. Complications such as cardiovascular and kidney disease can cause morbidity...

This article aims to provide an understanding of the importance of doing sports activities during the COVID-19 pandemic to maintain fitness and health. In this article, the author wants to explain that using the principle of frequency, intensity, time, and type (FITT) in sports activities will provide...

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is the second most common urological disorder encountered in a urology clinic in Indonesia. This disease is commonly found in men over 50 years. one of the risk factors that are thought to influence the occurrence of BPH is diabetes mellitus (DM). The purpose of this...

Background: Referring to the risk factors for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) in adults, especially found on the staff of Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital are hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and stroke. Recognizing risk factors for OSA is very important so that OSA management can be comprehensive with improvement...

Each branch has different fitness component demands, so there needs to be data about the physical condition of athletes. This research aims to find out the physical condition of Puslatda PON 2015 Yogyakarta athletes. This type of research is descriptively quantitative. The method used is a survey with...

One of the causes of the radiation effect is the lack of attention of the radiographer to compliance with the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the shooting process. In addition to compliance, knowledge about PPE and the benefits of using PPE is also very important for other medical personnel...

Background: Severe pain can be experienced by women during menstruation which results in the disruption of daily activities and is not productive, therefore therapy is needed to reduce the pain. Regional counter-pressure therapy has been shown to reduce pain levels, but the pressure applied to the regiosacral...

The final stage of chronic kidney disease, characterized by kidney dysfunction, needs special treatment, such as dialysis (hemodialysis). However, patients undergoing hemodialysis commonly suffer from excess fluid in their bodies. One innovation proposed to help them measure the amount of fluid in their...

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is the most dangerous infectious disease in the world. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of antibiotic resistance to rofampicin on positive TB results in the Mataram City Hospital. In this...

The purpose of the article is to develop and practically implement the pedagogical technology of additional classes in physical education on the basis of a free and informed choice of forms and types of motor activity. The formation of a healthy lifestyle, a conscious attitude to one’s own health and...

Primary health care (PHC) in Padang, Indonesia has a significant barrier to assessing risk reduction strategy, due to difficulties in identifying medical errors and adverse events. It is thought that patient safety initiatives can be framed within a public health model of prevention, but the initiative...

Indonesia ranked as the nine most LBW cases with a percentage of more than 15.5% of infant births in 2018. The trend of the incidence of LBW in East Java has increased from 2016 (3.6%) to 2017 (3.8%). In 2018, Arjuno Public Health Center experienced a trend of increasing the prevalence of LBW events...

The research highlights gender differences in gross motor coordination. Preadolescence is the best time for motor skill interventions. Good motor coordination indicates an increased physical activity in children. The purpose of this study was to know the differences of motor coordination and physical...

Location of the study was conducted in SMA Bina Culture Medan, which is the subject of this research is class X SMA Bina Culture Medan with the number of 41 students. This research method using PTK (Classroom Action Research).The results of this study concluded that learning through teaching style Command...

Currently, dengue has became a major public health problem in Indonesia. Aedes aegypti is confirmed as the main dengue vector. The organophosphate and phyretroid have been used in vector control program for more than 3 decades. Insecticide resistance evidences and mechanisms are essential to find the...

This type of research is artificial experiments, this research aims to know the extent of the influence of exercise Jump To Box against the ability of the Heading, (Experimental Study on Soccer Club athlete The son of Pasaman). The population in this research is the son of The Club’s soccer athletes...

In 2022, pregnant women with chronic energy deficiency (CED) had a prevalence of 1.2%, up from 0.8% in 2021. This increase suggests a rise in CED among pregnant women in the Puskesmas Waru area. The research aimed to assess the macro and micronutrient intake and high-risk factors for pregnant women with...

Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is an uncomfortable sensation or pain in the muscles after 12-24 hours of high-intensity physical activity, mainly dominated by eccentric and isometric muscle contractions. DOMS will physiologically disappear by itself. If the inflammatory process does not go well,...

The effort to build awareness in the minds of consumers of a particular brand is an important part that needs to create the uniqueness of the brand. Objectives: This study aims to analyse the correlation between Brand Awareness and Brand Equity of outpatient in RSIA Nun Surabaya. Method : This study...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a disease characterized by the body can not regulate blood sugar levels automatically. In Indonesia obtained mortality ulcer/gangrene diabetes ranged between 17-32% while the amputation rate between 15-30%. Patients died post-amputation was 14.8%, increased to 37% over three...

The purpose this study was to determine the effectiveness of amount of time spent by students in teaching Physical Education process. The method used in this research is descriptive with subjects consisted of 4 junior high schools in the city of Pekanbaru Indonesia consisting of 7 Physical Education...

Colon cancer is third of cancer cases that occur in the world's population. The incidence of new cases in men are 614.300 and women are 746.300, while the death rate in men are 373.600 and in women are 320.300. Colon cancer treatments are surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. The problem with chemotherapy...

Pathologic jaundice is one of the causes of neonatal death, among the risk factor is pre-term pregnancy that causes prematurity. It affects the growth of the fetus due to the immaturity of the reproductive organs. The main objective of this study is to analyze the correlation between gestational and...

One of the main objectives of orthodontic treatment is to improve dental and facial esthetics. The understanding of soft tissues of the face in relation to the dentoskeletal tissues is essential in esthetic orthodontic treatment. Study of soft tissue facial profile by photogrammetry provides better information...

The background of this study is the still low self-regulated learning and learning discipline for students. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of self-regulated learning and learning discipline on student achievement, especially on social science subjects. The research method used is...

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a prevailing debilitating disorder that has been documented in patients with tension-type headache (TTH). The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of fibromyalgia in TTH patients as well as the features of TTH patients with concomitant FM. One hundred patients with...

Nutrition care is one of hospital health care that needs an information system to support documentation of Nutrition Care Process. There are some barriers in implementing NCP, one of them is lack of time in implementing Nutrition Care Process. Computer based information system is expected to be a solution...

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease commonly associated with progressive disability and systemic complications. Rheumatoid arthritis is characterized by inflammation and synovial hyperplasia, production of autoantibodies, and destruction of bone and cartilage. One of the assessments of rheumatoid...

Klebsiella pneumoniae is one of abundant normal flora in human, but also well-studied as an opportunistic pathogen due to its ability to form biofilm. Biofilm could be formed by biofilm-forming bacteria as its survival method. Valid example for biofilm-associated medical issue is catheter-related diseases,...

Ginger and lemongrass are herbal plants that have antioxidant properties. Ginger contains phenolic compounds such as gingerol, shogaol, and paradol which function as antioxidants. Lemongrass has secondary metabolite compounds such as saponins, tannins, alkaloids, steroids, phenols, and flavonoids, which...

Indonesia experienced an increase in the number of elderly people from 18 million people (7.56%) in 2010 to 25.9 million people (9.7%) in 2019, and is expected to continue to increase where in 2035 to 48.2 million people (15,77%). On the other hand, this increase in age is accompanied by complexity of...

Objective: Identify and analyze the relationship of family support with the anxiety level of patients of cervical cancer at the Hospital General Regional Ulin Banjarmasin.Research Method: This research use analytic survey with cross-sectional approach. Population studies of cervical cancer patients and...

Smash Kedeng is important to get points in Takraw’s game, but it's very difficult to do. Therefore, it is necessary to develop appropriate training. This study aims to examine the right exercise to improve smash Kedeng ability. This experimental research used sample of 20 male athletes using two independent...

Background. Nutrition status has been known to have a very important role in the process of wound healing surgery. The condition of malnutrition in hospital for patients is also known to affect the length of hospitalization period, changes in clinical conditions, increased use of hospital support resources,...

Bats are reported as natural reservoir host of several viruses, many of which cause severe human disease. Infected bats usually do not show any clinical symptoms and persistently infected. Bats immunity against viruses is an evolutional process of self-defense created by ecological adaptation between...

Subclinical mastitis in dairy farm can cause many impact in milk production which lead to economic loss for farmers. The average of subclinical mastitis in East Java is 70-80% with average on milk yield loss about 2-3 liters per day. Early detection on subclinical mastitis in dairy cows are important...

Selada air (Nastrium officinale R.Br) is a plant that grows in the highlands. Watercress is widely consumed by people as a vegetable. This study aimed to examine the antioxidant activity of watercress extract by using DPPH method. The extraction used the reflux method with n-hexane, ethyl acetate and...

Feeding difficulties in children is the lack of appetite or inability to eat and refuse certain foods. Feeding difficulties can be caused by several factors, specifically organic and non-organic factors. Feeding difficulties will be at high-risk of causing nutritional problems if not treated as they...

This study aims to develop individual biomotor training tools and soccer techniques in the sport of football by integrating with technology. Research and development was used in this study. The development of this individual training tool is carried out in several stages, namely: (1) preliminary study,...

This study aims to conduct a systematic review and a survey in an exemplary academic setting to assess the present state of app development in a sports game along with the following research questions: (Q1) Are software engineering principles well understood in sports game app development? (Q2) Is the...

Covid-19 has been a global health emergency and not only induced an unprecedented economic crisis in almost every country, but has led to social and educational crises. With the fast spreading and mutation rate of this virus, human lifestyle has been changed to mitigate the infection of SARS-CoV-2. However,...

Sexual health among older generations is still a major issue for individuals and couples. However, most people still believe that older adults are asexual. The reported prevalence of sexual problems in the elderly population was quite high, especially in postmenopausal women. For older women, menopause...

Indonesia gets the third position of the countries with the highest death rate from cervical cancer in the last three years (42.2%), while West Sumatera province gets the eight position of the highest cervical cancer case. The number cervical cancer patients in M. Djamil hospital Padang in 2019 was 118...

Introduction Tracheostomy is a surgical procedure that involves placing a tube through a skin incision above the trachea, allowing for direct access to the airway. It is commonly performed in intensive care units for indications such as airway obstruction, air safety during ventilation, and patient comfort...

Triglyceride is one of the types of fat that can be found in the blood and various organ in the body that can cause problems for human health when the level is above the normal range or it can be called as hypertriglyceridemia. A highly level of triglycerides is one of the cause from the increasing of...

The purpose of this study is to find out how much Push Up and Pull Up Exercise Effect on Flying Shoot Results in Handball Ball Games Student Handball Community Unisma Bekasi. This research was conducted in Unipreneur Unisma Bekasi field from September 11, 2017 to October 11, 2017, the method used in...

The purpose of this study is to explore environmental problems in the Upper Citarum River by revealing the impact of the outdoor education program mountaineering program on Mount Artapela on environmental concerns and economic levels. The method used in this study is expose facto. The population is the...

Background. Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) is a clinically applied treatment that controls active dental caries and aids in preventing further progression of the car-ies process. Aim of study. To establish the effectiveness of SDF in arresting pri-mary tooth caries in 6-12-year-old Cambodian children....

The purpose of the article is to increase the efficiency of training children with the help of dynamic and static exercises. Materials and methods: boys aged 10-11 years engaged in hand-to-hand combat were divided into two groups at the initial training stage: experimental and control (15 people each)....

Epidemiological studies show that the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance (GTG) increase in line with the age. The increase in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases is associated with changes in lifestyle, including smoking, consumption of alcoholic beverages, physical...

The current topic of epidemics makes the regional experience of combating them in environmentally unfavorable, “difficult” areas relevant. The geographical location of the Lower Volga region as the “Caspian Gate” through which various epidemic diseases penetrated into Russia from Asia has led to the...

Objective: This research aims to determine the relationship between age of pregnant women and parity with anemia in third trimester pregnant women at Sidorejo Lor Health Center in 2019. Methods: This is a quantitative research is conducted on third semester pregnant women in Sidorejo Lor Public Health...

Breast milk is the best food for babies in early life. Ignorance of employed mothers about how to store breast milk is an inhibiting factor for exclusive breastfeeding. Improper storage of breast milk can reduce the number of bacteria in breast milk. The probiotic bacteria of breast milk are important...

Based on the results of the RISKESDAS 2018, the prevalence of hypertension in people aged > 18 years has increased from 25.8% (2013) to 34.1% (2018). Several factors, especially modifiable factors, need to be further identified to prevent an increase in blood pressure in young adults. The objective...

Previous studies have indicated that anxiety and dementia are correlated with a poorer quality of life. Therefore, it is important to pay attention because there is a lack of information regarding the prevalence and relationships of anxiety and dementia among older adults in institutions in Indonesia....

This research aims to determine the influence of eye-hand coordination and wrist flexibility on table tennis forehand smash ability. This research uses a path analysis design with statistical processing using the SPSS application version 23.00 and a significance level of 0.05. The population is all Pinrang...

Health funding is one of the factors that affects the health quality of individual countries in a meaningful way. Medical finance problems are: Lack of funds and additional funds. This writing method uses review literature. The purpose of this academic study is to increase knowledge about medical financial...

Through Desa Siaga (Alert Village) Program, Lumajang has been succeeded to decrease MMR. However, so far the researcher has not found any study which explored the implementation of Desa Siaga development in high-risk pregnancy care; therefore investigating the high-risk pregnant women's experience in...

The article aims to conduct a 3D analysis of links and levels of the intraorgan venous system of the human kidney and build a model of its levels and spatial hierarchy. 46 corrosive preparations of the renal venous system were produced. The preparations were subjected to 3D scanning. Using Mimics-8.1,...

Lung cancer is the cancer that caused death, especially for men in Indonesia. One of the compounds that causes cancer is 712-Dimethylben(a)anthracene (DMBA). Black cumin seed oils (BCSO) is able to reduce the damage of lung cells to the DMBA-induced rat. To improve total medicine that could arrive...

The iron nutrition supplementation is an intervening strategy in tackling the anaemia deficiency among children and adolescent girls for the realization of a healthy and productive generation. To measure the effect of iron supplementation programs in increasing the concentration of haemoglobin and serum...

This study aimed to find out how much interest the children with special needs (ABK) mild mental retardation to sports health activities in SDLB Jaya Putra Malang. In research this do researchers a descriptive, form non test instruments shaped questionnaire, then do analysis form technique descriptive...

Pregnancy programs are carried out at the Obstetrics & Gynecology clinic with infertility causes in the form of cervical polyp around 10%. Provide a series of four cases of cervical polyps in pregnancy program patients. The first case occured in primary infertile 1.5 years, P0A0 27 yo, with irregular...

Most newborns breath and cry at birth with no help, and immediate care after birth is simple but important. This study aimed to assess midwives’ knowledge and practice regarding immediate care of the newborn. The study was conducted on 116 midwives in three hospitals in Khartoum state. A descriptive...

Laryngeal carcinoma is a frequent malignancy in the world. However, limited data are found in Indonesia, including in Bali which is one of the famous tourisme placed in the world. The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of patients with laryngeal carcinoma who underwent surgery...

In the clinical practice learning process, midwifery students cannot be separated from legal consequences because during clinical practice there is interaction between students and patients so that it does not rule out the possibility of midwifery risks occurring which could be detrimental to the patient....

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the novelty of the virus, the related social restrictions, and the surge of information often caused misperception amongst communities, including on stigma. This study assessed the stigma and discriminatory behaviours against anyone perceived to have been in...

Background: Caring is a caring attitude of nurses in providing nursing care to patients by treating patients with sincerity, sincerity, affection, both through communication, providing support, and direct action. Nurses must have a caring attitude in fulfilling patient needs, because for 24 h nurses...

The large number of health facilities from time to time has made business in the health service industry an unavoidable business competition and a future challenge for business people. To face future competition and challenges, Dr. Marina seeks to improve service quality and patient satisfaction in the...

Hypertension is often found in the elderly and usually the systolic pressure increases. Elderly with hypertension are at risk of experiencing various kinds of complications. The most likely complication of hypertension is stroke. This study aims to determine the risk factors for hypertension in the elderly....

The aim of the study was to identify age-related features of body proportions of Yakut men of older age groups. The analysis of the somatometric survey of 591 men of three age groups was carried out: the second mature period, the elderly and the senile ages. The obtained material was processed by the...

Patients hospitalized could experience spiritual distress for praying because of ablutions obstacle. One of holistic care is fulfill of spiritual needed patients and one of alternative to ablutions is tayammum pack (dust made of pure clay), unfortunately there are many differences perception that dust...

Addition of reinforcing material to improve the mechanical properties of heat-polymerized polymethyl methacrylate is being developed. One of them is by adding nano-chitosan gel. This study was aimed to investigate the effect of nano-chitosan gel addition on the impact strength of heat-polymerized polymethyl...

Yogurt is one of functional fermented food products from milk created by the addition of Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) which has many health benefit. Goat milk yogurt has components of bioactive peptides with antioxidants potency. Antioxidant derivatives of bioactive peptides in goat milk yogurt includeproline,...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends treatment for tuberculosis with the Directly Observed Treatment Short course chemotherapy (DOTS) strategy, one of which is in the form of a health worker. It is very important to ensure that the patient has swallowed all the medicines given as directed by...

Areca palm is a type of palm and is commonly found in India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia and other Asian countries, both individually and in populations (Jaiswal wt al, 2011). The pharmacological potential of Areca catechu is one of its benefits as an anthelmintic. Part taken from areca nut for anthelmintic...

Stunting is one of the health problems that is closely related to the delayed growth and development of children. Children can be classified as stunting if their height is less than -2SD. Along in the 2018 stunting had been decreased from 37,2% to 30,8%. Those data were still higher than WHO restricted...

The objective to be achieved in this research is to describe students’ motivation in attending PE education in Bali and East Java. The data analysis method uses quantitative analysis and is processed into descriptive statistics, namely percentage and mean analysis. Intrinsic Motivation results get a...

The purpose of this study is to identify preschool children’s movement behavior and gross motor ability level in the East Tawa Urban Region. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and the Test of Gross Motor Development Second Edition (TGMD-2) were employed as instruments in the cross-sectional...

Detraining is a condition where the body is no longer healthy and the quality of the body decreases, this is not only happens to athletes but to all sports players, when someone is not routine doing sports detraining will happen. During this pandemic, many activities did not work properly, such as the...

A fire hazard is one of the potential hazards of Occupational Safety and Health or K3 in buildings. In high-rise buildings, escape routes are few and limited, necessitating the implementation of effective, efficient, and integrated fire prevention measures. The purpose of this study is to determine the...

Objectives: Electroplating industry using hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) for main ingredient to metal plating. Chromium when contact with skin can cause dermatitis. This study aimed to analyze chrome hole dermatitis on electroplating workers due to their work habit in one of electroplating industry in Sidoarjo....

The fitness of an athlete is very important. Running athletes need enormous energy in a short time thereby they should increase the risk of anaerobic muscle fatigue. One of the effort to delay it was by increased of glycogen deposits and potassium intake which indicated to prevent and reduce anaerobic...

The purpose of the article is to find effective means in the initial swimming training for children 8-9 years old. The article aims to justify the effectiveness of the use of fins in swimming training for children 8-9 years old. Materials and methods. The experiment involved 30 children aged 8-9 years...

The obligation to use personal protective equipment (PPE) for workers is regulated in the Regulation of the Minister of Manpower and Transmigration No. 08/Men/VII/2010. Ship crew accidents include slipping, falling into the sea, hitting the wall of the ship and being shocked by electricity. Health problems...

The main problems in the development of swampy lowland are floods during the rainy season and drought in the dry season which cannot yet be predicted accurately. Climate change causes problems in swampy lowland farming. Farmers find it difficult to run their farming, especially in terms of determining...

Objective. To evaluate the knowledge and views of pharmacists and pharmacists in sports and to investigate curriculum needs for sports pharmacy undergraduates Methods. A web-based cross-sectional survey of pharmacy students was carried out from 2nd of Feb to 5th of March 2021 at the University of Mosul,...

Adults with metabolic syndrome have higher risks to suffer non communicable diseases like diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases. In daily life, some Indonesian communities have routinely drunk spices and herbs-infused water instead of drinking pure water. However, the efficacy of this mixed water...

The formulation of the problem in this study is whether there is an effect of the upper passing practice on the accuracy of the passing of volleyball? This study aims to find out whether with upper passing training in pairs can increase the volleyball’s passing ability.This type of research uses a quantitative...

Assessment of garbage management in the ship needs to be done to prevent health risks that may arise from the garbage. To find out an overview of garbage management in the passenger ships that leans on Port of Bima. This study uses a qualitative method with a descriptive observational approach. The researcher...

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) plays an important role that increases mortality in COVID-19 patients. Several parameters have been tried to predict the patient’s condition for worsening and even death. The objective of this study was to determine the prognostic value of the neutrophil-lymphocyte...

Citrus species are among the plants that generate essential oils, which include a variety of chemical components with antibacterial properties. Citrus x aurantiifolia is one of the citrus types developed by a cross between lime (Citrus aurantifolia) and lemon (Citrus hystrix). The purpose of this study...

Dadiah is a traditional food of West Sumatra made from buffalo milk fermented in a bamboo tube container. Dadiah is a functional food because it is made through a spontaneous fermentation by lactic acid bacteria in the buffalo milk and bamboo tubes of the “Aua” type. This study aims to examine the effect...

The operations for treating kidney stones include open nephrolithotomy, Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL), Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL), ureteroscopy, and laparoscopic surgery. The aim of this study was to analyzing the differences in stone free rates and complications in kidney stone...

The aim of the research was to test the level of effectiveness of the effriction method in helping the recovery process increase the range of motion (ROM) of the shoulder joint in athletes or people who enjoy sports who have suffered sports injuries. The high percentage of shoulder injury cases was caused...

Stunting is one dietary issue that affects many elementary school students. Children’s health and academic achievement are significantly impacted by stunting in elementary school students. Finding out how providing papaya and sea rabbit fruit cakes affects learning outcomes and hemoglobin levels in undernourished...

Job satisfaction is a positive emotional state that arises from an assessment of one’s work or work experience. Low nurse job satisfaction still occurs in developing countries. The situation of the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in job demands and increased nurse workloads that have the potential to cause...

Since the beginning of 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has captured the attention of the whole world. Infectious diseases that are included in this global category, have a fairly fast transmission speed. After the lockdown program, the government launched the 5M (in bahasa) program, namely washing hands...