Aging is a process that can changea healthy person into a weakness. Increasing age will leadfunctional decline including quality of sleep. In Indonesia, sleep disorders affect about 50% in the elderly, in which one of the factors that can cause decreased quality of sleep is pain.This study is aimedat investigating the correlation between pain intensity and quality of sleep of the elderly.This s…
Hypertension is one of the common causes of mortality and morbidity in Indonesia. Treating hypertension by controlling blood pressure is the common case management in many health care facilities. The aim of this research was evaluate the correlation between hypertensive patient’s satisfaction and their medication adherence at Puskesmas Airmolek, Indragiri Hulu Regency. The analytical correlat…
Geriatric patients are elderly patients with multiple diseases due to decreased organ, psychological, social, economic and environmental function. All these circumstances cause patients to receive treatment of many kinds. With the number of drugs the patient swallows will certainly happen polifarmasi and drug interactions that can cause mortality. The research method used is descriptive with cr…
Acne vulgaris is a chronic inflammatory disease of the pilosebacea follicle mostly affecting adolescents. Clinical manifestations are comedones, papules, pustules, nodules and cysts. Acne vulgaris is influenced by many factors, that is genetic, environments, hormonal, stress, diet, cosmetics, drugs, and mineral deficiency, such as zinc. Level of zinc have an effects on inflammatory process, Pro…
Obesity is a multifactorial disease caused by the accumulation of excessive fat in the body. Obesity can occur in all of age group, started from children to adults. In Indonesia, the prevalence of obesity was increased every year. This study is aimed to analizing the impact of health education towards physical activity of teenagers with obesity. This was an analytical quantitative study with qu…
One of the most commonly used herbicide is paraquat. Paraquat poisoning has been reported to be due to non-adhering use and the lack of personal protective equipment used. The ingested paraquat can damage to the digestive organs such as gaster. The purpose of this study was to examine the histopathological changes in gastric mucosal mice (Mus musculus) after paraquat exposure. This research was…
Hemodialysis is the process of separation, filtering, or cleansing of blood through a semipermeable membrane in patients with renal failure, both acute and chronic. Hemodialysis indications for both diseases is clinical conditions in addition to laboratory results. The purpose of this study was to find out The profile of initiation hemodialysis patients in RSUD ArifinAchmad Riau Province Period…
Female sex workers often face many challenges and obstacles that can trigger the occurrance of psychopathology. Specific psychological symptoms that often happen in the sex worker population are anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, mood disorders and drug abuse. One of the way to screen out psychological disorders is by using the Self Reporting Questionnaire …
Genital Warts (GW) is one of the most common clinical manifestations of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Patients with GW experience discomfort and anxiety about the effects of illness that will affect their quality of life (QOL). The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between GW and QOL of Famale Sex Workers (FSW) in hotspot X of Pekanbaru which involves 49 FSW by us…
Myopia or nearsightedness is a state of vision when the near object is clearly visible, but the distant object is blurred. Several factors that cause myopia in children are knowledge, attitudes and actions of parents. Therefore this research was done to know the correlation between knowledge, attitudes and actions of parents and the occurrence of myopia in students of SDN 106 Pekanbaru Sub Dist…
Genital warts (GW) is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by certain types of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) which causes fibroepithelioma in the skin and mucosa. Female sex workers have a high risk of GW. This study aims to determine the effect of the number of sexual partners with the incidence of GW on female sex workers in hotspots X and hotspot Y Pekanbaru. This is an analytical stu…
Hypospadias is the second most common congenital anomaly after cryptorchidism. Although hypospadias does not cause dead, the incidence increase every year. Therefore, it is important to know the profile of management on hypospadias by age, classification of hypospadias, clinical symptom, management, the number of treatment, complication and associated anomalie. This research is a descriptive st…
Nephropathy is an end stage of renal failure caused by glomerular and non glomerular diseases. This study had an aimed to know the profiles of nephropathy post nephrectomy by age, gender, clinical syndrome, cause, urinalysis examination, and histopathology examination. This descriptive study was conducted in Arifin Achmad Regional General Hospital of Riau Province. There were 58 cases fulfilled…
Elderly is a natural process when someone reaches age over 60 years. Decreased cognitive function is often found in elderly patients caused by blood glucose level changes. The aim of this study is to determine the association of blood glucose level and cognitive function in elderly patients in the Tresna Werdha Khusnul Khotimah Orphanage Pekanbaru. This is a descriptive analytical study with cr…
Acne vulgaris is an inflammatory disease in the pilosebaceus unit characterized by comedones, papules, pustules, or nodules that usually affecting adolescents as well as young adults. Its predilection are face, upper shoulders, chest, and back. Acne vulgaris that is affected by hormones at the time of premenstruation which estrogen hormone is decreasing and progesterone level is increasing that…
Tutorials is the mainpart of PBL, because in the tutorial students learn by some problem in the scenario. The quality of the case in the scenario is a factor that can influence the effective learning in the tutorial discussion. The effectiveness of the tutorial determines the success of learning in PBL. This study aims to determine the relationship of scenario quality to the effectiveness of tu…
Dust is small solid particle that carried by air. Dusts exposure for long time could cause dust cummulation in respiratory tract that could cause inflammation. The inflammation could transform the elastic respiratory tract’s tissues become the non-elastic scar tissue, until it disturb lung’s function while inspiration and expiration and also disturb gas exchange while breathing. One of the …
WHO has recommended the Directly Observed Treatment Shortcourse (DOTS) strategy as a strategy in the prevention of Tuberculosis since 1995. The success of treatment is largely determined by the regularity of taking anti-TB drugs. This can be achieved by the presence of taking medicine guards who monitor and remind pulmonary tuberculosis patients to take medication regularly. This study aims to …
Herbicide is an ingredient or chemical compound used by farmers to inhibit the growth or kill of pest plants. Paraquat is one of the non-selective contact herbicides under the commercial name of gramoxone widely used in Indonesian agriculture. The use of paraquats that do not pay attention to the proper way of use can destroy various organs, one of which is the cardiac myocardium. This study ai…
Geriatric patients experience a decrease in the physiological function of one of the kidneys. Creatinine clearance is a parameter used to assess the decline in kidney function. The inappropriate use of antibiotics may result in a minimal therapeutic effect or toxicity. This study aims to obtain a description of the accuracy of doses of antibiotics in geriatric patients based on creatinine clear…