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The Effect of Foot Orthosis Use in Reducing Pain in Patients with Plantar Fasciitis: A Meta-Analysis
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The Effect of Ankle Foot Orthosis Use on the Running Speed in Post Stroke Patients: A Meta Analysis
Get PDFBackground: Stroke is a disease that occurs because blood flow to certain locations in the brain is disrupted. One of the main problems that occur in stroke sufferers is the disruption in the ability to walk, which will cause a decrease in the walking speed of post-stroke patients. One of the treatments used to increase the walking speed of post-stroke patients is to provide an ankle foot orthosis. The purpose of this study was to estimate the magnitude of the effect of using ankle foot orthosis on increasing walking speed of post-stroke patients by conducting a meta-analysis in the same articles.Subjects and Method: The meta-analysis was carried out by systematically reviewing the same number of articles from PubMed, Science Direct, Google Scholar, using the search keywords "ankle foot orthosis" OR "AFO" AND "Stroke" OR "patient stroke" AND "walking speed" O
The Ecological Effect of Village and Biopsychosocial Factors Affecting the Quality of Life of Elderly in Surakarta, Central Java
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The Effect of Organophosphate Pesticides Exposure and Other Factors Associated with Neuropsychiatric Disorders among Rice Farmers: A Path Analysis Evidence from Sukoharjo, Central Java
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Risk Factors of Pneumonia in Children under Five in Lewoleba Hospital, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
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Overweight, Alcohol, and Tobacco Consumption Are Associated with Hypertension among Police and Military Personnel: A Meta-Analysis
Get PDFBackground: Increased blood pressure for a long time can increase the risk of kidney failure, coronary heart disease, brain damage, and other diseases. In 2019, it is estimated that hypertension is experienced by 1.13 billion people in the world with most (two thirds) living in low and middle income countries. Other study also shows that the police and military are at risk of developing hypertension due to a number of factors such as low know-ledge about healthy and nutritious food, co-workers who are smokers, and consuming alcohol. This study aimed to analyze the risk factors for hypertension in the police and military in the world using meta analysis.Subjects and Method: This was a meta-analysis and systematic review. The articles used were obtained from Google Scholar, Springer Link, ProQuest, and Science Direct databases. Selected articles published from 2000 to 2020. Keywords to search for articles are as follows: hypertension police personnel and military, or hypertension police personnel and military. The articles studied are 3 full text articles with cross sectional study designs and 1 full text articles with case control study design. Articles are collected using PRISMA diagrams, and analyzed using the Review Manager application 5.3.Results: Overweight (aOR= 1.42; 95% CI = 1.01 to 2.00; p= 0.04), alcohol consumption (aOR= 1.55; 95% CI= 1.12 to 2.12; p= 0.007), cigarette consumption (aOR= 1.45 ; 95% CI= 1.06 to 1.97; p= 0.020) is a risk factor for hypertension in the police and military.Conclusion: Overweight, alcohol consumption, and cigarette consumption, are risk factors for hypertension in police and military personnel.Keywords: overweight, alcohol, smoking, hypertension, meta analysisCorrespondence: Firman Pardosi. Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A, Surakarta 57126, Central Java. Email: [email protected]: +6285261423865.Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health (2020), 05(01): 88-96https://doi.org/10.26911/jepublichealth.2020.05.01.09
Assessment of Effect of COVID 19 Pandemic on the Utilization of Maternal Newborn and Child Health Services in Somali Region of Ethiopia
Get PDFBackground: Somali Region of Ethiopia recorded the first confirmed case of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID 19) pandemic on 26th April 2020. The study aimed to assess the effect of the pandemic on the utilization of maternal new-born and child health services.Subjects and Method: This was a retrospective chart review of monthly DHIS database of health facilities in Farfan zone of Somali Region and test of association using t test was used to compare the mean reduction in utilization of maternal and child health services three months before (Januar
Effects of Blood Transfusion on the Risk of Hepatitis C Infection in Hemodialysis Patients: A Meta-Analysis
Get PDFBackground: It is estimated that 2% of the world's population (about 123 million people) was infected with hepatitis C. Blood transfusion is one of the therapies, but this therapy is at risk of being a transmission m
Influences of Peer Support Group and Psychosocioeconomic Determinants on Treatment Compliance in HIV/AIDS Patients: A Path Analysis Evidence from Sragen, Central Java
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Biopsychosocial Factors Affecting Quality of Life in Post-stroke Patients: A Path Analysis Evidence from Surakarta Hospital, Central Java
Get PDFBackground: Basic health research shows that the prevalence of non-communicable diseases has i