Anemia merupakan salah satu masalah gizi yang masih sering terjadi pada remaja terutama pada remaja putri. Anemia adalah suatu keadaan ketika kadar hemoglobin dalam darah kurang dari nilai normal (
Introduction : Hypertension is often found in elderly patients. Hypertension in older age is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease such as heart failure and stroke which can worsen health status. Hypertension that is not controlled and not immediately treated can have increasingly serious complications on health. One of non-pharmacological therapy that can be applied is slow deep breathing e…
Background: DHF is one of infectious diseases that is a serious concern in the global community. At the critical phase, the NLR will decrease which can worsen the infection and facilitating dengue virus reprodution in mononuclear blood cells. If NLR value is lower, the duration of hospitalization will be longer. This research aims to determine the correlation of NLR and the length of hospitaliz…
Background: Coronary Slow-Flow Phenomenon (CSFP) is an angiographic findings that shows a delayed contrast medium flow rate in at least one coronary artery in the absence of occlusive coronary artery disease. Abnormal BMI, hypertension, and diabetes have been shown to play an important role in the occurrence of endothelial dysfunction. This phenomenon of slowing blood flow can be caused by endo…
Introduction: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a pathological condition that affects kidney function progressively and is irreversible. One of the common complications that often occurs in CKD patients is anemia. Anemia in CKD patients undergoing hemodialysis can be caused by decreased endogenous erythropoietin (EPO) production, absolute and/or functional iron deficiency, and inflammation with i…
Hemodialysis is an effective therapy for chronic kidney disease that removes fluids, electrolytes, and metabolic waste, relieving symptoms and improving the quality of life of end-stage patients. However, various complications can occur during hemodialysis procedures such as intradialysis hypertension. One of the risk factors for intradialysis hypertension is weight gain. This study aims to det…
Blood donation is a vital part of health services around the world. The minimum need for blood in Indonesia is 5.1 million blood bags, currently blood production only meets 4.1 million, which means it is still below the needs of Indonesian people every year. To fulfill blood needs, criteria and a national blood transfusion system have been established in accordance with Minister of Health Regul…
Background: Classical Hodgkin lymphoma (CHL) is a monoclonal lymphoid neoplasm derived from B cells, composed of mononuclear Hodgkin cells and multinucleated Reed-Sternberg cells. CHL is classified into nodular sclerosis classic Hodgkin lymphoma (NSCHL), lymphocyte-rich classic Hodgkin lymphoma (LRCHL), mixed-cellularity classic Hodgkin lymphoma (MCCHL), and lymphocyte-depleted classic Hodgkin …
Background: Gestational anemia is classified based on the trimester of pregnancy with Hb levels
Background: Excessive adiposity as one of the risk factors for increased blood pressure has become a major health issue worldwide. Several indices describing adiposity have been developed as predictors of elevated blood pressure. This study aims to determine the relationship between adiposity indices and blood pressure among students at Sriwijaya University. Methods: This research is an observa…
Introduction: Ovarian cancer is the main cause of death globally and ranks third as the most common incidence in Indonesian women. Neutrophil cell infiltration in cancer tissue as one of the immune cells that has an important role in the formation of the body's response against cancer but associated with poor prognosis. Neutrophil density is related to the clinicohistopathologic characteristics…
Introduction. Metabolic Syndrome is defined as a collection of 5 non-communicable diseases, namely hypertension, central obesity, diabetes mellitus, hypertriglyceridemia, and low HDL. Epidemiological data said that the global prevalence of metabolic syndrome reaches 20 – 25%. Metabolic syndrome is one cause of lack of physical activity. Physical inactivity is increasing throughout the world, …
Background: Hypertensive heart disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality globally that tends to increase with age. The high prevalence of uncontrolled blood pressure leads to an increase in the occurrence of HHD, so the optimal use of antihypertensive drugs is essential in preventing and controlling HHD. This study aims to determine the drug utilization pattern of antihypertensive in …
Background: Hajj is one of the obligatory rituals for financially and physically capable Muslims. Hypertension is the second most prevalent disease among Indonesian Hajj pilgrims and can pose health risks during the pilgrimage. This study aims to identify factors influencing hypertension to reduce its prevalence among Hajj pilgrims. The study included 223 prospective Hajj pilgrims as research s…
Introduction: The government has launched a free iron supplementation program through Puskesmas to prevent anemia in Indonesia. Based on the program, iron tablets given to pregnant women must be consumed at least 90 tablets during pregnancy, but this is often hampered by the low compliance of pregnant women in consuming iron tablets arising due to various reasons such as poor knowledge, attitud…
Background : Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is a disease caused by dengue virus infection. Indonesia is included in the top 5 highest dengue endemic countries in the world. DHF cases are the main cause of fever cases that need hospitalization. DHF diagnosis criteria are based on clinical conditions and laboratory examination results. A decrease in platelet count and an increase in hematocrit in…
Background: Stroke is the first cause of death in Indonesia which occurs most often in the elderly age group. Knowledge, attitudes and behavior regarding stroke are useful for efforts to prevent and treat stroke in the elderly, this will influence the incidence, morbidity and mortality of stroke in the elderly. This study aims to determine the description of knowledge, attitudes and behavior to…
Background: T-cell lymphoma is a rare malignancy of T cells and have worse prognosis than B cells. Lymphoma is divided into Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). T-cell lymphoma accounts for 12% of all NHL cases. In 2020 there were 16.125 new cases in Indonesia with 9.024 deaths for all ages and genders. T-cell lymphoma is further classified into 53 subtypes by WHO. Anemia occur…
Anemia in pregnancy is a health problem that occurs in developing countries and contributes to high morbidity rates in pregnant women. This research aims to find out what factors influence pregnant women compliance in consuming blood supplement tablets of the Alang Alang Lebar City Health Center Palembang working region. This research is descriptive analytic with a cross sectional design. The s…
COVID-19 merupakan penyakit menular yang disebabkan oleh Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Penyakit ini akan menginfeksi saluran respirasi dan menimbulkan gejala ringan, sedang berat, kritis, hingga berkembang menjadi kematian. Kematian pada pasien COVID-19 juga diduga diikuti oleh berapa faktor risiko lain. Diantaranya adalah hipertensi yang menjadi bawaan penyakit …
High blood pressure usually occurs in adults and the elderly, but currently hypertension can occur in adolescence. Lack of knowledge among teenagers about preventing hypertension can influence teenagers to have bad habits which will increase the risk factors for hypertension. This research aims to determine the effect of health education using pop up book media on increasing teenagers' knowledg…
Hypertension is a non-communicable disease that causes the highest mortality. Hypertension cases in KayuAgung Subdistrict in 2021 were 15,678 cases and Kutaraya Health Center dominated the cases with 9,576 cases. Hypertension disease complications are prone to occur in the elderly, so it requires long-term treatment and its success is influenced by many factors. This study aims to determine the…
Pesticides are widely used as chemicals that help farmers increase agricultural productivity. Pesticide use that creates an imbalance with the proper pesticide application will impact farmers’ health. One of the impacts is hypertension because the pesticide inhibits acetylcholinesterase enzyme performance. This study aimed to analyze the correlations between the characteristics and behavior o…
Anemia adalah masalah kesehatan global dimana 40% ibu hamil didunia mengalami anemia. Anemia pada ibu hamil menyebabkan tidak optimalnya pertumbuhan dan perkembangan janin dalam kandungan serta berpotensi menimbulkan komplikasi kehamilan dan persalinan bahkan kematian. Penyebab utama terjadinya anemia adalah defisiensi zat besi . Untuk mencegah defisiensi zat besi ibu hamil perlu asupan zat bes…
Hypertension is one of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) that is often dubbed "silent killer". One of the risk factors of hypertension is smoking. This study aimed to analyze the determinants of hypertension occurrence in male active smokers aged 30-45 years in the work area of OPI Public Health Center (PHC) Palembang in 2023, which were consisted of smoking habits, smoking duration, number of c…
Jobs with shift work have a higher risk of experiencing health problems compared to nonshift work, one of the health problems that can occur is hypertension. Risk factors that can increase the occurrence of hypertension include food intake and sleep quality. This study aims to examine the relationship between food intake and sleep quality on blood pressure during nursing shifts. This research i…
Anemia is a condition where the number of red blood cells in the blood is lower than the normal value. One of the factors that cause anemia is the low consumption of iron such as blood supplement tablets. According to the Health Belief Model (HBM) theory, health behavior is determined by individual beliefs about disease and how to prevent it. This study aims to determine the relationship betwee…
Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is caused by a virus that is transmitted through mosquitoes and has spread to almost all parts of the world. Dengue fever was first recognized in the 1950s. Dengue virus is transmitted by female mosquitoes mainly of the species Aedes aegypti and to a lesser extent, Ae. albopictus. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the physical env…
Giving blood supplement tablets to adolescent girls is important as a provision for the future and also to improve health status. The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors associated with the administration of blood supplement tablets among adolescent girls from schools in Indonesia. This study is a quantitative research with cross-sectional design. The study sample size was 13.770 f…