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The Effect of Personal Hygiene Education During Menstruation on Knowledge and Attitudes of Adolescent Girls
Get PDFEducation on personal hygiene during menstruation is crucial for adolescent girls to enhance their knowledge and attitudes in maintaining hygiene during menstruation. Adequate knowledge of menstrual personal hygiene can positively influence adolescents' attitudes towards menstruation and help prevent reproductive tract infections, as well as fungal and bacterial infections. This study aims to examine the impact of health education on menstrual personal hygiene, delivered through media, on the knowledge and attitudes of adolescent girls at SMP Negeri 01, Pendopo Barat District, Empat Lawang Regency, South Sumatra. This research employs a pre-experimental design with a one-group pretest-posttest approach. A total of 88 adolescent girls were selected as respondents, with the study conducted over two weeks. Before the educational intervention, 68 adolescents had moderate knowledge and 13 had good knowledge, while after the intervention, 66 adolescents had moderate knowledge and 20 had good knowledge. Statistical tests showed a p-value of 0.000 < 0.05, indicating a significant impact on knowledge improvement. In terms of attitudes, 72 adolescents had a positive attitude before the intervention, which increased to 78 after the intervention, with statistical results showing a p-value of 0.000 < 0.05. It can be concluded that education on menstrual personal hygiene has a positive effect on improving the knowledge and attitudes of adolescent girls
Peer Relationships and Their Impact on Juvenile Delinquency Intensity: A Cross-Sectional Study
Get PDFAdolescence is a critical developmental stage marked by identity formation and heightened susceptibility to peer influence. This study examined the relationship between peer relationships and juvenile delinquency among 96 adolescents aged 15–21 years, selected through accidental sampling. Data were collected using a Likert-scale questionnaire and analyzed with Pearson correlation and simple linear regression. Results indicated that peer relationships significantly influenced juvenile delinquency (p = 0.003, r = -0.301), with higher-quality peer relationships associated with lower levels of delinquent behavior. These findings highlight the importance of school-based interventions and peer mentoring programs to promote supportive peer environments and reduce deviant behaviors among adolescents
Ethical Issues in Schizophrenia Research: A Scoping Review and Qualitative Interview Study
Get PDFSchizophrenia is a major research focus due to its complex etiology and treatment challenges. Ethical issues in schizophrenia research include informed consent, decision-making capacity, and the protection of vulnerable populations. Not all schizophrenia patients can provide ethical consent, highlighting the need for careful consideration in research practices. This study examined empirical studies on these ethical domains, identifying significant gaps and offering recommendations. We aimed to synthesize ethical issues from the literature and understand ethics committee members' perspectives through a mixed-methods approach, including a scoping review and qualitative interviews with three ethics committee members. For the review, four major databases were systematically searched for studies related to ethical issues in schizophrenia research. As a result, 35 of 5,222 moderate and high-quality records were included in the scoping review. Eight themes emerged from the scoping review and interview process: informed consent and decision-making capacity; willingness to participate and compensation in research; risk-benefit consideration and perception; therapeutic misconception; participants safeguard; ethical issue in various study designs; research guidelines; and recommendations for the involved parties in schizophrenia research. We conclude that individuals with schizophrenia should actively participate in research decision-making, ensuring dignity and respect
Nutritional Status Overview of Toddler Development in the Coastal Region of Bengkulu City, Indonesia
Get PDFThe problem of delays in toddler development can be caused by nutritional status. Good nutritional status can affect a person's development. A person's nutritional status depends on nutritional intake and individual needs, if nutritional intake and needs are balanced then the nutritional status will be good otherwise poor nutritional status in toddlers can cause developmental delaysThe purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of toddlers, characteristics of mothers who have toddlers, frequency distribution of nutritional status and development of toddlers in the coastal area of Bengkulu City. This research method is descriptive-analytic, sampling technique using incidental sampling technique, the analysis used in univariate analysis. The results showed the characteristics of toddlers, namely, the age of the dominant toddler was 36 months old 22.0%, the gender of the dominant toddler was female 52.4%, toddlers had a history of exclusive breastfeeding 75.6%, the last month toddlers suffered from infectious diseases 86.6%. The average age of the mother is 26-35 years old as much as 64.7%. The last education of the mother is the majority senior high school (58.5%), and the majority of the mother's work is housewife (84.1%). Low family income is 58.5%, the number of family members is dominant 4 people 41.5%. Toddlers in the Coastal Region of Bengkulu City have appropriate development with a percentage of 100% accompanied by good nutritional status dominated by toddlers aged 36 months 94.4%, malnutrition dominated by toddlers aged 30 months 11.8%, at risk of overnutrition dominated by toddlers aged 24 months 9.1%. There are no toddlers who experience malnutrition, overnutrition, and obesity. This study concludes that toddlers in the Coastal Region of Bengkulu City have appropriate development and predominantly good nutritional status
Depression Concerning the Stigma of Mental Health
Get PDFThe study investigated personal attributes, the level of awareness about mental health and depression, and the self-perception regarding self-stigma and public stigma in Barangay Alawihao, Daet, Camarines Sur. It also uncovers the respondent's level of awareness about mental health and depression topics and self-perception of self-stigma and public stigma. In addition, it also proposed and recommended activities to disseminate awareness of depression. The study utilized a descriptive qualitative research design with 100 respondents. Data collected were collated and analyzed through descriptive statistics using frequency count, percentage technique, and weighted mean. The findings revealed that the respondents are young adults, with the majority of female college undergraduates displaying a commendable awareness level regarding mental health and depression. Suggested seminars and leaflets are effective tools for disseminating relevant information on mental health, depression, and stigma. With this, it is recommended to conduct further studies using different variables, continuing to raise awareness about mental health causes, organizing seminar series, and distributing leaflets to combat self-stigma and public stigma on depression. Additionally, the study suggests crafting a proposal for conducting seminars and creating and distributing leaflets
The Effect of Abdominal Stretching Exercise on Reducing the Intensity of Dysmenorrhea Pain
Get PDFDysmenorrhea is a gynecological complaint that occurs due to an imbalance in the hormone progesterone, resulting in pain that women often experience during menstruation. One non-pharmacological way to deal with dysmenorrhea pain is to do abdominal stretching exercises. This study aimed to determine the effect of abdominal stretching exercise on reducing the intensity of dysmenorrhea pain in students of the Midwifery Diploma Study Program (MDSP), at Bengkulu University. This research was a pre-experimental study with a one-group pre-test and post-test design, involving 57 respondents who experienced moderate-category primary dysmenorrhea. Samples were taken using a random sampling technique. Data was collected using Standard Operational Procedures for abdominal stretching exercises and the Wong-Baker pain rating scale to determine the scale of dysmenorrhea pain. The results of data analysis using the Wilcoxon test showed p-value = 0.000 with a significance level of α = 0.05. This indicates an effect of abdominal stretching exercises on reducing dysmenorrhea in students of the MDSP
The Contribution of Peer Social Support to Psychological Well-Being among Overseas Students
Get PDFOverseas students are students who receive higher education and live far from their place of birth, parents, and relatives and must face academic and psychological challenges during their education. The many difficulties and demands expose overseas students to psychological disorders that impact their psychological well-being. As a result, overseas students require social support from those around them; social support is one of the fact factors affecting call well-being. Peer social support is one of several components of social support. The study aims to determine the role of peer social support in the psychological well-being of overseas students in Yogyakarta. Data was collected using a peer social support scale and a Likert scale model for psychological well-being. One hundred seven (170) overseas students in Yogyakarta between 18 and 21 years old participated. According to the findings of this study, there is a significant positive relationship between peer social support and psychological well-being. The effective contribution in this study is 39.8 percent, and the correlation coefficient is 0.631. In this study, the significance level was 0.005 < 0.05
Mental Workload Assessment: The Relationship Between Physiological Heart Rate Variability and Subjective NASA-TLX Measures
Get PDFThe rapid advancement of technology has shifted many jobs to be dominated by mental or cognitive activities. Consequently, it is essential to measure mental workload (MWL) to ensure it does not exceed workers' capacity, which could increase error rates, pose safety risks, reduce productivity, and worsen well-being. This study aims to investigate the relationship between objective and subjective measures of mental workload. Using an experimental approach, HRV physiological signals were recorded from 30 subjects under four different conditions: baseline, MWL test 1 ("d2 attention" test), MWL test 2 ("switcher featuring" test), and recovery. Subjects were also asked to complete the NASA-TLX questionnaire to assess their perceived mental workload levels during the "d2 attention" and "switcher featuring" tests. The results of the repeated measures ANOVA showed significant differences in six HRV parameters across the four conditions. However, post-hoc tests revealed that only heart rate was able to distinguish between the two MWL tests. While NASA-TLX was sensitive enough to differentiate mental workload levels between the two types of tests, no significant correlations were found between each HRV index and NASA-TLX. This suggests a discrepancy between the two types of measures. Further studies are needed to employ different types of tests as well as other physiological measures
Overview of Anti-Tuberculosis Treatment Compliance in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients
Get PDFThis research was motivated by an increase in pulmonary tuberculosis cases in 2022 of 10% and cases of loss to follow-up treatment of 11.25%. This research aimed to determine the description of Anti-TB treatment compliance in pulmonary tuberculosis patients at the Pameungpeuk Community Health Center. This research method uses descriptive quantitative with a cross-sectional design. The instrument used the MARS-5 questionnaire with 120 pulmonary tuberculosis patient respondents who received treatment at the health center. The sampling technique uses a Total sampling technique with criteria for patients undergoing treatment for a minimum of three months from 17-74 years. The research results were obtained from univariate analysis with the results that most were female (52.5%), almost half were in their late teens (32.5%), most had a high school education (60%), almost half the length of treatment was in the intensive phase (48 .3%), most experienced side effects (64.2%), most underwent routine examinations (75%), most had treatment supervision (60%), high compliance (58.3%), moderate compliance (41, 7%). It can be concluded that compliance is influenced by age, education, treatment supervision, side effects, length of treatment, routine check-ups, and gender and it is hoped that community health centers can optimize educational strategies for handling side effects to obtain maximum compliance results
Contribution of Cardiovascular Risk Factors to the Development of Coronary Heart Disease in Kazakhstan
Get PDFCoronary heart disease (CHD) has well-known risk factors. The prevalence and impact of these mainly depend on people's lifestyles, geography, as well as racial and ethnic predispositions, among other factors. The objective of this study is to compare the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among different European and Asian ethnic groups of patients in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The data from 1628 patients diagnosed with coronary angiography for coronary heart disease (CHD) were investigated. SPSS software was used for statistical processing, employing the Kruskal-Wallis test and Chi-square test. The number of patients diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome was 743, and the number of planned patients with stable angina was 885. Approximately 60% of the patients were conditionally categorized as Asians and 40% as Europeans. The gender composition of both groups was dominated by men. There is a general trend towards planned hospitalization in the Asian group (62% vs. 56%, p=0.009). For the specificity of Asian groups, the most significant risk factors were male gender, diabetes mellitus, and overweight. In the European group, the contribution of factors such as arterial hypertension and dyslipidemia (high LDL levels) were found to be more significant. The impact of smoking habits and family history were similar in both groups. In the European group, there was a greater tendency to hemodynamically significant coronary artery atherosclerosis compared to the Asian group (68 vs. 59%, p<0.001), which is hypothesized to be due to overdiagnosis, or the predominance of non-obstructive coronary heart disease in Asian population. Cardiovascular risk factors such as arterial hypertension and dyslipidemia were more prominent in the development of CHD among Europeans, while in Asians diabetes mellitus and being overweight contributed more significantly. Accordingly, it is the above modifiable risk factors that should be given more attention in the prevention and treatment of populations at risk of CHD in Kazakhstan