Mangrove fruit rhizopora apiculata is a type of mangrove plant that contains antioxidant like tanin, flavonoid, saponin. Apart from being antioxidants tanin, flavonoid, and saponin also have a role in improving lipid profile levels in hyperlipidemic condition. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of mangrove (Rhizopora apiculata) extracts on the LDL/HDL ratio of atherosclero…
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a disorder in the kidneys characterized by abnormalities in the structure or function of the kidneys that lasts more than 3 months. Based on the result of The Global Burden of Disease 2015 there were 1.2 million people who die from kidney failure. Riset Kesehatan Dasar (Riskesdas) 2018 data showed the highest prevalence of CKD were in people aged 65-74 years…
Chronic kidney disease is defined as kidney damage or glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
Personality and self-regulated learning (SRL) vary. Personality is one of the factors that can influence SRL. Personality is a characteristic of a person in having feelings, thinking, and behaving to adapt to his environment. This study aimed to determine the differences in SRL abilities based on the personalities in the Faculty of Medicine students of Riau University force 2019. This study…
The prevalence of smoking among children and adolescents in Indonesia was the highest in ASEAN countries at 19.4% in 2017. In order to control cigarette consumption in Indonesia, the government implements a non-smoking area policy (NSA), one of which is in Pekanbaru City through the Pekanbaru Mayor Regulation No. 39 of 2014. University was one of the targets of the NSA implementation. Univ…
Psoriasis vulgaris is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by the presence of erythematous plaque, well-defined borders, covered with thick scaly plaque, and silvery-white in color. Psoriasis impacts greatly on patient’s quality of life, social-psychological status, and daily activities. This study aims to determine the correlation between severity of psoriasis vulgaris and p…
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a disease characterized persistent and progressive airflow limitation. Air pollution and repeated infections of the airways will activate alveolar macrophages and release inflammatory mediators they can affect the type of leukocyte count in peripheral blood. (GOLD) Report 2014 COPD as a progressive and life-threatening disease estimated to af…
Urethral stricture narrows the urethra caused by scar tissue to block the lower urinary tract functionally. One of the managements that can be done on urethral stricture is end-to-end anastomosis urethral resection. One of the complications from this treatment is postoperative erectile dysfunction which can be assessed using the Erection Hardness Score (EHS). Erection Hardness Score is an …
Bladder cancer is an abnormal mass from the mucosa of the bladder (urothelium). The management of bladder cancer is determined by the stage of the tumor (staging), divided into superficial bladder cancer and advanced bladder cancer. In superficial bladder cancer, surgery is performed with transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TURBT), accompanied by intravesical chemotherapy. Doxoru…
Self-regulated learning is the self-regulation during a learning process that actively controls of cognitive, emotional, environmental, and behavior to achieve the academic achievement by implementing of learning strategies. The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in CBT block exam results based on the self-regulated learning ability on students at the Faculty of Medicin…
In Riau Province, hypertension was the most common of non-infectious health problem. The prevalence of hypertension based on data from Health Office of Riau Province in 2017 was 15.93%, Pekanbaru City with prevalence of 14.88% ranked 2 after Dumai City. Tenayan Raya Pekanbaru became the Primary Health Care (PHC) with the highest prevalence of hypertension in Pekanbaru City 10.76%. Uncontro…
Assessment as Learning (AaL) is a form of assessment that emphasizes the development of students' metacognition. Modern learning theory has put AaL as the main focus of the assessment implementation, so it is important to develop the implementation of the assessment by making AaL implementation portion bigger than other assessments. One of the applicable forms of AaL is an self-test made by…
Corneal astigmatism is an irregularly shaped cornea that prevents light from focusing properly on the retina and caused the eye unable to focus light rays to a single focus point. Corneal astigmatism in cataract patients can cause poor visions after cataract surgery. Patients could have optimum visions without glasses by toric IOL implants during cataract surgery. This study aimed to find t…
House dust mites (HDM) are species of mites that very small and caused allergic reaction. Survey by Riau Province Health Office at SDN 001 Buluh Cina at Kampar regency in 2014 found that high proportion of HDR were 40,3%. The objective of this study were to find out the description of Clean and Healthy Lifestyle (CAHL) knowledge and attitude of student of SDN 001 Buluh Cina, Kampar Regency…
Pleural effusion is a condition that often occurs in medical practice caused by various underlying diseases. This condition is characterized by an abnormal build-up of pleural fluid. The accumulation of pleural fluid can consists from transudate, exudate, clear fluid or blood. The aim of this study was to obtain profiles of pleural effusion patients that hospitalized at Arifin Achmad Region…
Dental caries is a disease on the hard tissue of the teeth that characterized by a process of demineralization. High salivary glucose in Diabetes Mellitus (DM) will increase the incidence of caries. Dental caries occurs due to many factors, one of them is microorganisms. The most of common microorganisms that cause dental karies are Streptococcus mutans (S. Mutans). Objective: This study a…
Lung cancer is a malignant disease that attacks the lung that originates from the lung itself or often referred as a primary lung cancer. Primary lung cancer is a type of tumor that is malignant and originates from the bronchial epithelium (bronchogenic carcinoma). Stage IV lung cancer mostly suffered by men and elderly patients and also metastasized. This study aimed to see the number of …
Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is a disease with high incidence rate in Indonesia, which is caused by the dengue virus and is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. Riau is one of the provinces in Indonesia where the number of dengue cases tends to increase every year. Based on data from the health department Pekanbaru, Sukajadi District is an endemic area. This study was a descriptive…
Prostate adenocarcinoma is one of the most common forms of prostate malignancy in men worldwide. This study aims to see whether MRI can determine spine metastases in prostate adenocarcinoma at Arifin Achmad Hospital, Riau Province for the period 2017-2020. This type of research is descriptive using secondary data derived from radiological medical records and anatomical pathology. The result…
Adrenal carcinoma is a rare epithelial malignancy of the adrenals that can occur in the adrenal cortex and adrenal medulla. Adrenal carcinoma can include functional adrenal carcinoma and non-functional carcinoma. Clinical symptoms that arise can include hypertension, palpable mass, and low back pain. The purpose of this study was to determine the description of adrenal carcinoma at Arifin …