Lymphatic filariasis is a chronic disease that can cause disability and still a health problem in Indonesia. Lymphatic filariasis patients in Riau Province 2015 had reached 258 and most cases happended in Kabupaten Indragiri Hilir. The purpose of this research to describe the lymphatic filariasis patients according to age, sex, occupation, lymphedema status, lymphedema location, and treatment m…
Physical fitness is one of important health indicators in determining health status. Many factors influence physical fitness and one of them is breakfast routine. The purpose of this study was to analyzed the relationship between breakfast routine and physical fitness in medical faculty students at Riau University. This is an analytic cross sectional study, using 101 subjects. Breakfast routine…
Nutritional status is affected by intake and nutritional needs. Malnutrition is a serious health problem in children. The role of parents, particularly mothers, is very important to prevent malnutrition in children. The purpose of this study was to compare the nutritional status of children based on mother’s perception and anthropometry measurement. This was analytical observational study wit…
Acne vulgaris is due to chronic inflammation disease of the pilosebaceous unit charactherized by comedone, papule, pustule, nodul and cyst which is always happen on teenager or early 20-30 decade. One of the risk factor of Acne vulgaris is stress. The purpose of this study is to determine association between stress level and Acne vulgaris severity in students of the Faculty Of Medicine, Univers…
Sudden death was defined by World Health Organization (WHO) as one which has taken place within 24 hours from the onset of symptoms of and sign, sudden deaths occur most caused by cardiac disease. Sudden death that caused by disease are often bring suspicion thus they need to be proven by doing the medicolegal autopsy cause of sudden unexpected death. The Research methods was a descriptive usin…
Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP) is an endoscopic procedures which was done by removing the inner portion of the prostate that is pressing on the urethra and is a gold standard for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) management. The researches aimed to describe the risk factors of recurrent urinary retention in BPH patients of post-TURP at Arifin Achmad Regional General Hospital of…
Diabetes mellitus (type 2 DM) is a metabolic disease characterized by elevated blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia) caused by insulin deficiency, insulin resistance or both. Prevention of DM complications through controlling blood sugar levels is one of the main goals of type 2 DM patient management. Physical exercise is one of the four pillars of type 2 DM management. This study was aimed to det…
House dust mite have an important role as an allergens in allergic diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, and other atopic diseases. Atopic Dermatitis (AD) is inflammation of the skin with itching, chronic and recurrent symptoms. House dust mites can be a precipitating factor for AD. The objective of this study aims to find out the description of house dust mites in the …
Urinary catheterization is the insertion of a catheter through the urethra and into the bladder to drain urine that is used in the hospital to maintain the process of urinary excretiom. This action is the most frequent catheter associated urinary tract infections. Urinary tract infection is an infection signed by growth and development of bacteria in the urinary tract with a significant amount …
Management of pelvic organ prolapse can be through several surgical techniques that depend on the patient's condition. The most common complication on post operative pelvic organ prolaps is urinary retention. The objective of this study was to determine the success rate of urinary retention management in pelvic organ prolapse postoperative patients in RSUD Arifin Achmad period January 2016-July…
Antibiotic prophylaxis is a part of infection prevention. The antibiotic given to the patients has a purpose to minimize the number of bacterial colony and inoculum contamination so it will decrease the risk of infection. The aim of this research is to find out the use of antibiotic prophylaxis on sectio caesarea on Arifin Achmad Regional General Hospital, Riau. The design of this research was …
Acne vulgaris is a chronic inflammatory disease of pilosebaceous follicles characterized by the presence of comedones, papules, pustules, nodules and cysts in predilection areas like face, shoulders, upper arms, chest and back. Fruits contain nutrients that function as antioxidants that can inhibit oxidative stress as one of the pathogenesis of acne vulgaris. The purpose of this study was to de…
Diabetes Melitus (DM) is a metabolic disease marked by hyperglycemia due to deficiency of insulin production (type 1 DM) or insulin resistence (type 2 DM). Hypertension is common among diabetic patients which can increase the mortality from DM complication. Physical activities have important role in the prevention and management of DM and hypertension. The purpose of this research was to examin…
Public health centre which its function is to increase public health needs availability of human health resources. This research objective was to investigate the availability of human resources at Sidomulyo Public Health Centre in Pekanbaru. The research design used descriptive-qualitative involving six core informants representing society and ten key informants from public health centre. The d…
Pesticides are toxic subtances which is used for destroying pests. Pesticides can affect human blood. This research was done descriptively to determine the hematology profiles on sprayers at PTPN V palm oil plantations, district Sei Galuh with total 60 persons. This research showed that 8 workers had low number of erythrocyte amount (13,33%), 8 workers had low hemoglobin levels (13,33%), 8 work…
Breakfast is an activity of eating from waking up done until to 9 am to fulfill some of daily nutritional needs (15-30% nutritional needed). The purpose of this study was to describe the students’ breakfast activity and nutritional status in medical faculty at the university of Riau class of 2017. This was a descriptive study, with 121 respondents. Study findings, showed that 70.2% of respond…
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is projected to increase in the coming decades because of continued exposure to risk factors COPD and population aging. Therefore, the purpose of using the CAT questionnaire is to evaluate the description of quality of life of COPD patients in Pulmonary Polyclinic of Arifin Achmad of Riau Province. This research was carried out in Pulmonary Polyclini…
Sexual abuse is serious public health and human right problem. Sexual abuse is one the most rapidly increasing and the most serious violence crime. The number of sexual abuse cases is increasing annually. The method used for this research was descriptive. The aim of this research is to get the profile of sexual violence in Indrasari Hospital, Indragiri Hulu. The result showed are 75 cases of se…
Epididymo-orchitis is an inflammatory process of the epididymis and testes. Epididymo-orchitis is a syndrome that mostly presents with acute pain and caused by pathogen that is sexually transmitted then spreading upward, or uropathogens that spread to the urinary tract. Epididymo-orchitis can affect any age and very common in men over 35 years. This is associated with increasing partial blockag…
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease associated with damage to joint cartilages, with pain as the main complaint. The treatment that is done greatly affects the quality of life of the patient. OA management includes non-pharmacotherapy, pharmacotherapy and surgery. The purpose of this research was to pharmacotherapy description of osteoarthritis patients in RSUD Arifin Achmad Ria…