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Physical Activity, Obesity, Family History, and Their Associations with Hypertension among the Elderly in Aceh Singkil, Aceh
Get PDFBackground: Hypertension is an important global health challenge due to its high prevalence and resulting cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease. This study aimed to examine the associations of physical activity, obesity, family history, with hypertension among the elderly in Aceh Singkil, Aceh.Subjects and Method: This was a case control study carried out in Aceh Singkil, Aceh, Ind
The Effect of Social Capital, Social Support, Self-Compassion, and Hope Factors Affecting Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Survivors: A Path Analysis Evidence from Surakarta, Central Java
Get PDFBackground: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women in the world. The study aims to analyze the effect of social capital, social su
Path Analysis on the Biopsychosocial Factors Affecting the Quality of Life in Patients with Breast Cancer
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Risk Factors of Prenatal and Postnatal Depression
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Multilevel Analysis: The Contextual Effect Village on The Risk Hypertension in Magelang, Central Java
Get PDFBackground: Hypertension affects one billion people worldwide. Death due to hypertension in the world is estimated at 9.4 million people every year. Factors related to lifestyle can increase the risk of hypertension. In addition, demographic and topographic factors of res
Correlation among Sodium Intake, Fat Intake and Physical Activity with Prevalence of Hypertension in Young Adults at Arifin Achmad Regional Public Hospital, Riau
Get PDFBackground: Hypertension is called the silent killer for it has high prevalence rate and is asymptomatic; thus, it needs to be early prevented. When blood pressure is high and uncontrollable, it may lead to complications. Today, hypertension is not only found in elderly, it is also found among young adults at age > 18 and it tends to increase annually as they frequently consume high sodium and high fat and lack of physical activities along with the development of technology. Developed technology has made everything easy to do without burning excessive energy. More researches on hypertension are conducted on elderly and only a few are conducted on young adults. The objective of this study is to discover the correlation among sodium intake, fat intake, and physical activity with prevalence of hypertension in young adults at Arifin Achmad Regional Public Hospital, Riau Province.Subjects and Method: This is an analytical observational study with case-control design that was carried out at Arifin Achmad Regional Public Hospital, Riau Province, Indonesia. A sample of 80 respondents divided into a case group with 40 respondents and control group with 40 respondents was selected by purposive sampling. The depe
Clinical Characteristics of Diabetic Retinopathy Patients in Eye Clinic of Zainoel Abidin General Hospital Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Get PDFBackground: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most frequent microvascular compli-cations of diabetes mellitus (DM). The increasing number of diabetic retinopathy cases, amajor cause of blindness worldwide, is resulted from the increasing prevalence and life span of diabetes mellitus patients. In 2010, the number of diabetic retinopathy cases was 126.6 million and is predicted to increase to 191.0 million by 2030. The number of patients with visionthreatening diabeticretinopathy is also predicted to increase from 37.3 million to 56.3 million.Subjects and Method: This study was a descriptive study conducted from January to February 2020.A sample of 98 patients was taken through fixed disease sampling. Research data was collected from electonic medical record of patients visiting Eye Clinic of Zainoel Abidin General Hospital Banda Aceh using total sampling method. The researchers used the triangulation method to complete some missing demographic data in the medical records, such as occupation, education, and monthly salary. Interviews were conducted directly with patients after they underwent an examination, and the results were included in the research form. Results: 35 patients (35.7%) were aged 56-65 years and 26 patients (26.5%) worked as house-wives. The most common systemic complications were heart disorder found in 17 patients (17.3%). Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) was identified in 49 patients (50.0%), whereas 51 patients (52.0%) presented with diabetic macular edema (DME). 44 patients (44.9%) came with less than 6/60 visual acuity on the left eye.Conclusion: Most patients presenting in Eye Clinic of Zainoel Abidin Hospital Banda Aceh were in worse condition (PDR) with visual acuity of less than 6/60. Therefore, educating and counseling diabetic patients to undergo routine screening by ophthalmologists are important in order to prevent loss of vision caused by diabetic retinopathy.Keywords: clinical characteristic, diabetic retinopathyCorrespondence: Lia Meuthia Zaini. Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala/ Dr. Zainoel Abidin hospital. Jl. Tgk. Daud Deureueh 108, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Email: [email protected]. Mobile: +6282266891502.Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health (2020), 05(04)https://doi.org/10.26911/jepublichealth.2020.05.04.1
Relationships between Septic Tank Construction and Number of Escherichia coli in Dug Well Water in Rahandouna Village, Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Get PDFBackground: Dug wells provide water from soil layer that is close to the surface of the soil, therefore it is susceptible to contamination through seepage from human waste, animals, and for domestic household use. This study aimed to determine the relationships between septic tank construction, dug well distance, and number of E. coli in Rahandauna Village, Ke
Multilevel Analysis: Village Does Not Have Contextual Effect on Hepatitis A Outbreak in Pacitan, East Java, Indonesia
Get PDFBackground: Hepatitis A virus infection (HAV) has generated about half of the total infection of hepatitis in the world. Poor env
Factors Related to Depression Level among Malaysian Students Batch 2015-2018 in Universitas Sumatera Utara
Get PDFBackground: Depression is the most common psychological disorder encountered and is a disorder that is mainly characterized by sad and depressed emotional conditions and is associ