Advances in Health Sciences Research

In almost every year, Indonesia is experiencing higher burden of disease and an increase in the number of deaths due to smoking. To stop the increase in the number of smokers, the researchers look at the factors that play a role in smoking behavior. Previous research has shown that one of the factors...

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a challenging cancer due to its tendency for local recurrence and distant metastasis, with bone metastasis being the most common site of metastases. This review explores the etiological role of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in NPC tumorigenesis and discusses the...

The purpose of this study was to determine the profile of VO2 Max level in West Java student athletes. The research method used is descriptive quantitative with a survey approach. Data retrieval in this study using Test cooper 2.4 km. The subjects of this study were West Java student athletes in 10 sports...

Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) who do not control their cholesterol levels properly can experience risks of various complications. To prevent the complications of the patients with type 2 DM caused by hypercholesterolemia, diet by fasting is important. Fasting on every Monday and Thursday...

This study was conducted to evaluate supplementation of Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) pericarp filtrate in a tris-egg yolk-based diluent on buck sperm membrane integrity. Semen was collected from 5 bucks by artificial vagina method. Fresh semen evaluated for colour, pH, volume, concentration, mass...

Stunting is a condition where a child’s height is much shorter than the height of other children at his age. Based on the Riskesdas in 2018 it is known that the prevalence of children under five with the height level of very short and short at 30.8%. The highest problem of energy and protein deficits...

Fibroadenoma is one of the most common benign tumors on young women. Some studies showed that healthy diet decrease risk factor for fibroadenoma on young women. This research aims to study the relationship between age and diet with fibroadenoma. This study is a quantitative study with a cross sectional...

In recent years, social media has become an essential part of governance in the Digital Era 4.0. The government health agencies, which are an element of implementing government affairs in the health sector, have also utilized social media in disseminating information related to health. Instagram is one...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an abnormal cardiac rhythm with rapid and irregular electrical activity. Atrial fibrillation can be caused by anatomical and/or non-anatomical abnormalities of the cardiac. One of the non-anatomical causes of atrial fibrillation is hypertension. Prolonged and uncontrolled...

A comparison of electronic database of patients’ visits complaints to ambulance (ECM) in Yakutsk was made to assess the impact of space weather on the well-being and condition of people with cardiovascular pathology. It has been shown that during the years of high solar activity there are significant...

Coffee is one of the popular drinks whole the world. Coffee's contents are grouped into antioxidant (caffeine) and carcinogenic (acrylamide) agents. The mechanisms both of antioxidant and carcinogenic are contradicted in resulting the depiction of blood pressure, urine production and renal histopathology...

Lupus erythematosus (LE) is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by interference of the immune system. There are several criteria to establish a diagnosis of this disease including oral mucosal lesions. Oral mucosa lesions are an important part because they can be the initial presentation of LE. The...

Every individual fitness level will decline as age and weight will increase as the food energy gets from the food consumed every day will accumulate as a reserved fat. To improve the healthy lifestyle of one of them through physical activity, especially through sports activities. The type of exercise...

Lack of information and knowledge from the youth students about sexually transmitted disease (STD) can lead to increment to the numbers of the sexually transmitted disease among the youth. SMP Negeri I Talawaan is one of the schools located in North Minahasa. Presenting the education or information related...

Volleyball is an interesting sport, because in it there is an impression of cheap, easy and has its own charm. Technically, volleyball tends to be complex, because there are various movements that are combined simultaneously from the upper body, upper or lower body motion. The thing is a volleyball athlete...

Polypharmacy refers to consumption of many drugs to treat various illnesses, is common amongst elderly people suffering multiple medical conditions. Although this can seem as being the natural way of action, it brings with it a unique array of challenges. Taking several drugs might have negative consequences...

Blood loss occurs when women menstruate and its suggests a rapid depletion of iron stores. Erythrocytes require iron for maturation. When iron levels are low, erythrocyte reserves decrease. The longer the menstrual duration, the more blood comes out, which affects the quantity of red blood cells. This...

Nursing management entails the coordinated implementation of functions and activities to achieve interconnected objectives, involving nursing staff members to enhance the quality of nursing services. The effectiveness of a head nurse's management is determined by their ability to realize organizational...

Brain jogging is a type of training that helps with both the urge to move and learning activities such as remembering, experiencing, perceiving, and gross motor abilities. This research aims to develop a brain jogging-based learning model to teach games and sports in Physical Education (PE) in Primary...

The climate change in Indonesia has affected the fishing activity of fisheries in Indonesia, because the activity of fisheries is strongly influenced by climate change. The change in climate in Indonesia led to changes within the pattern of wind speed, current speed, precipitation, sea-surface temperature...

Objective: To assess if the patient has a low vision condition and to give proper management to the patient who has adherent leukoma associated with measles. Method: The patient was referred back by an ophthalmologist to the optometrist for low vision assessment and management. The demographic profile...

Background: Dental caries may lead to premature loss of the deciduous tooth. If it is left untreated it will lead to abnormal occlusion in children. The appliance used for preventive orthodontic is a space maintainer (SM). The existing appliance is rigid so far and does not follow the jaw growth. Thus,...

Covid-19 is a new virus that emerged in the world at the end of 2019. Covid-19 is experiencing a very fast increase. These conditions led to the closure of public places, the stoppage of public transportation, the isolation, and management of the infected, all to prevent and control COVID-19. The purpose...

The purpose of this study was to analyze the needs of android-based physical fitness activity guides. This study is an exploratory, descriptive study. The subjects in the study were 80 students. The study used observation sheet intrusion and questionnaires, with data retrieval techniques through surveys....

Vaccination is a prevention of transmission and spread and in order to establish herd immunity against the Covid-19 pandemic. Indonesia chose the Sinovac vaccine, which uses weakened viruses. The objective of the study was to measure the Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) 24-72 hours post-vaccination...

The retinal tissue consists of many cell types with distinct characteristics and functions. Many eye diseases are initiated by a dysregulated retinal cell subtype within the tissue. A feasible method is needed for single-cell transcriptomic studies. It is possible to enrich retinal cell subtypes by combining...

Structured debriefing is a critical component of skill-based learning. Effects of structured debriefing on procedural skills and satisfaction of nursing students in low fidelity context. A pilot study was conducted in a private nursing college in Islamabad, Pakistan. Out of 51 approaches, 34 students...

Infant and child mortality in developing countries, especially Indonesia, is still high. One of the causes of morbidity and mortality is nutritional problem. There were 18.1% cases with malnutrition and 7,7% in Indonesia. There are many causes of malnutrition in children, such as early detection in the...

Cupping is a precious heritage of traditional Chinese medicine?TCM), which originated in ancient China. After a long clinical application, Cupping obtained an excellent therapeutic effect. With the development of TCM, Cupping can be used to treat many diseases. In addition?the modern science and technology...

The development of service sports that are significant for the professional growth of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs necessitates the selection of cadets with essential qualities. The purpose of this article is to find the model characteristics of cadets that determine the effectiveness...

The coverage of complete basic immunization in Central Java decreased from 100.7%, 93.4%, and 97.2% during 2013-2015, as the number of measles cases increased from 32, 308 and 576. The aim of this research was to analyze the coverage of immunization in Semarang City, Brebes District, and Surakarta City...

Background The mother’s behavior who were lacking in caring for children diarrhea will affect the growth and development of children and can lead to death. Objective: The study is conducted to determine the effect of integrated media educational communications information on a mother’s behavior in taking...

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a condition that describes the condition of the heart muscle infarction so that the heart is damaged. Ongoing damage to the heart muscle may result in a new condition known as a complication. Based on this condition, the aim of this study was to determine the relationship...

The long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a one type of severe cardiac arrhythmia syndrome that leading cause to unexpected cardiac death, characterized with impaired ventricular repolarization caused by hereditary disorder in sodium and potassium channels on cardiac myocyte and acquired caused by drugs or electrolyte...

Study about the effect of the drill method on the forearm passing ability of volleyball has many conducted in field sport. Various studies explain that the drill method affects the forearm passing ability of volleyball, but results from every study tend to vary. The difference causes needed to do data...

Garbage collectors are a group of workers who have a high risk of experiencing health problems due to continuous exposure to waste. Especially if they did not use personal protective equipment (PPE) while working. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between knowledge about PPE and...

Most women experience emotional disturbance after childbirth such as depression, irritability, especially easily frustrated and emotional. Nearly 70 percent of women experience sadness after the birth, and most mothers can quickly recover and achieve stability, but 13% of them will experience post partum...

This research is proposed to find out the relation between the underwater length and the swimming speed of 50 meters backstroke. It used a descriptive research method. The instrument of this research is for measuring the variable which in a form of index text. Video shooting by the camera (DSLR) is done...

Urinalisa is a screening test to determine kidney disorders, urinary tract or metabolic disorders. Urinalysis must be done when the sample is still fresh. Delays in examinations will have a major effect on the stability of the test and the validity of the results of the examination. In the stages of...

Aedes aegypti is the main vector of Dengue Haemorrhagic Infection in Indonesia and it is predominantly breeding in clear water within household artificial containers. Thus, it is necessary to implement environmental management that is tends to be simple, low-cost and effective to create disadvantageous...

Man-made changes in the environment lead to an increase in the risk to public health. The greatest danger, in the opinion of ecologists, biologists and physicians, is technospheric pollution with heavy metals, including nickel. Nickel intoxication is accompanied by mutagenic, carcinogenic, cardiotoxic...

The usage of intrauterine devices (IUDs) as a long-term contraceptive method remains low in Kolaka Regency. This study aims to analyze the determinants influencing family planning acceptors’ interest in IUD usage, focusing on factors such as knowledge, attitudes, spousal support, number of children,...

Background: Documentation is one of the important components that can provide legal testimony, become a communication tool and educational resource as well as research resources. Aim: To improve planning and successful implementation of technology, creative and targeted design can open...

The Sichuan-Chongqing region is located in southwestern China, encompassing the Sichuan Basin and its surrounding areas. Its unique geographical location and rich historical and cultural heritage make it a region of great charm. Here, one can find magnificent natural landscapes, diverse ethnic cultures,...

The first corona virus outbreak on Wuhan, China in December 2019 was very surprising and spread very quickly. The unstoppable report about this virus spread has also caused panic in other countries. Then this virus began to hit in various countries in the world. One of them is Indonesia, in early March...

The aim of this research was to investigate the comparative effectiveness of ang-sana latex (P. indiscus) and chlorhexidine 0.2% against growth of S. mutans. This research was a laboratory experiment (true experimental), with a post-test only completely randomized design, consisting of four treatments:...

Cardiovascular disease is one of the main health problems and causes of death in the world. M-Health (mobile health) has the potential to improve the prevention of disease recurrence by providing continuous intervention after treatment at a hospital. The purpose of this paper were to review health literature...

Periodontal disease is a chronic inflammation disease which caused by bacteria in the periodontal tissues. The predisposing factors are smoking, stress and alcohol consumption. Smoking can deteriorate the dental health and increase the risk of gingivitis. Smoking may causes various diseases in oral cavities,...

This study was aimed to determine Enterobacteriaceae contamination that were resistant against antibiotics in duck meat which was related with food safety for the consumers. Total of 52 samples of ducks were taken from 5 subdistricts in Bogor District, i.e., Ciomas, Gunung Sindur, Klapanunggal, Jasinga,...

Erectile dysfunction is the one of male sexual problems. Testosterone stimulate erection process physiologically. The study showed that black pepper extract increased sexual performance and testosterone level in animal research. The purpose of this study was to know the erotogenic effect, testosterone...

The study aims to examine the influence of traditional games programs (integrating social behavior) to develop social behavior. Experimental method pretest-posttest control group design with more than one experimental group was used in the study. The design is used by involving more than one experimental...

insufficient and imbalance amount of midwifery increases the workload and burden of midwives in Indonesia. According to IBI (2016), the philosophy of midwives is to give continuous care to increase the quality of maternal services. However the increase in responsibility for midwives, causes a need of...

Objectives: The aims of this study were to developed snakes-and-ladder game as an eye health promotion. Method: A research and development (RnD) method was conducted in this study, adapting ADDIE development model which consist of analysis stage, design stage, development stage, implementation stage,...

Bullying among students in school often occurs in early adolescence which impacts on someone who has been bullied tends to bully people who are weaker than themselves. Starting from the framework of thought that the act of bullying is a desire to hurt that is shown in the action and cause someone to...

The University is an institution of higher education and research that must be able to guarantee the safety of all interested parties in the university area to prevent accidents and occupational diseases, both in academic activities such as laboratory safety and other activities such as construction...

To achieve the proper level of accessibility and quality of medical care to the population, the provision of the municipalities of the republic with the necessary resources (material, technical, financial, human, information, etc.) is of no small importance. In this work, we analyzed the resource provision...

Introduction: Childbirth is an event that changes the life and upbringing of women that affects both physically and psychologically in the short and long term. The anxiety score is increased then labor pain also increases. One of the practices used in lowering anxiety is touching therapy by midwives....

Osteoporosis is a reduced intake of vitamin D and calcium in the body. Lack of calcium in the body can lead to reduced bone density. Osteoporosis is riskier in women than in men, therefore preventive measures should be taken early. The purpose of this study is to analyze factors related to osteoporosis...

Expressive suppression is an emotion regulation strategy that refers to the inhibition of emotion-expressive behaviour. Habitual, high expressive suppression may be considered as a less effective strategy because it potentially maintains or even strengthens negative emotion. This experience may develop...

Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) rank as the sixth most prevalent cancer globally. Despite advancements in combined therapies, the overall survival rate after five years remains approximately 40% to 50%. The burden of HNSCC varied by region and related with exposure to tobacco-deriived...

Modern tourism is a complicated diversified industry, and its development is a source of competitive advantages for building on territorial, social and economic systems. However, it also drains the natural and climatic resources of territories, therefore provoking a harmful effect. To deal with problems...

Based on the fact, that the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Tasikmalaya have similar problems with other Red Cross branches, especially in the Blood Donor Unit. The problem is still using manual processing and the lack of data integration between the PMI to the Hospital Blood Bank (BDRs) so that one of the...

Media is one of the infrastructures used to provide material to produce a maximum learning. Media is used in every lesson, including physical education on the material of a small ball game, namely softball. The problem is the lack of media used in providing softball learning in school. In the last 7-10...

The high level of stress experienced by people with diabetes mellitus and the number of patients with diabetes mellitus who adopt maladaptive coping strategies can increase the risk of complications and lead to poor management of therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Type 2 diabetes mellitus...

Melinjo (Gnetum gnemon Linn) is a plant of the genus Gnetacea that has been identified as having various biological activities, including antioxidants. This study aimed to analyze the biological activity of Gnetum gnemon for the determination of total phenolics, anti-free radicals (antioxidants), and...

The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020 has increased the risk of morbidity and mortality in elderly people. The Integrated Health Service Post for the Elderly (IHSP-Elderly, Posyandu lansia) is a community-based program that provides large-group outdoor activities for the elderly. This...

Objective: To Identify and analyze the correlation between half-sitting position and lithotomy position with a degree of perineal rupture in the delivery room at Dr. H. Moch. Ansari Saleh Hospital, Banjarmasin. Methods: This research uses analytical survey with cross-sectional approach. The sample used...

Adolescent health status is something that needs to be maintained and improved in order to produce the next generation of the nation that is healthy, resilient and productive and able to compete. The puspose of this study in to know the relationship of youth activeness in PIK-KRR (Information Center...

This research was aimed at knowing sport science program students’ knowledge and behavior toward food and drug supplement consumption used for sport performance. Method used was descriptive correlation using questionnaire and interview technique. Results showed that students’ knowledge level was varied...

This study aims to determine how much the ratio between sport massage and aquatic exercise to decrease lactic acid levels on students of UniversitasNegeri Jakarta. This research was conducted at Gelanggang Olahraga Rawamangun in December 2017. The method used is the experiment method One Group Pre-test...

The state health system is the main mechanism within the organization medical and demographic policies, the preservation and strengthening of individual and public health of citizens. The purpose of this study is to compare the health systems in Russia and Finland through the methodology of the World...

Background: Cardiac catheterization causes several complications such as discomfort (pain on the waist, back, and thigh folds), hemorrhage, prolonged length of hospitalization, and increasing treatment costs. Pharmacological therapy as the usual method to solve this problem has not shown improvement...

Early detection of breast cancer is a regular and systematic effort or way of breast examination performed by the woman itself which is an integral part of screening program or early detection (Endang, 2014). The lack of knowledge and community skills about breast examination itself so that the case...

Cancer is a general term for a large group of diseases that can affect any part of the body. Other terms used are malignant tumors and neoplasms. This study aimed to determine the relationship between venous location and the incidence of chemotherapy extravasation in cancer patients. The research method...

Filippi Syndrome is a rare genetic developmental disorder caused by defective mutations in the Cytoskeleton Associated Protein 2 Like (CKAP2L) gene. This disorder manifests with a range of symptoms, including abnormalities in digits and craniofacial features, intellectual disability, and growth retardation,...

The administration of a high-fat creamer will cause hyper-lipidemia, an atherosclerosis risk factor. If atherosclerosis occurs in the renal arteries, it can cause impaired kidney function. Inulin, a prebiotic, can be used as a creamer ingredient to produce a low-fat creamer. This study aims to determine...

The loss of the ability for learning and memorizing is a prominent feature of dementia, which affects millions of menopausal women all over the world. Nigella sativa is a herbal medicine known to have estrogenic, antioxidant and neuroprotective effects thought to improve memory function in dementia....

The paper presents the results of sociological survey among doctors and patients concerning the introduction of a new outpatient psychiatric module at one of the medical mental health facilities of Moscow - Mental Hospital No. 13 of the Moscow Healthcare Department. The study utilized the following methods:...

Background : Mosquito population is a well-known vector in transmitting many types of diseases causing serious public health problems (Gubler 1995; Lam, 1993; Nazri et al. 2013). Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is a disease caused by Dengue Virus that transmitted y mosquito bites of Aedes aegypti. Prevention...

The acid etching process is required in orthodontic when attaching brackets to the enamel. It will result in microporosity so that the adhesive material enters the structure, and micromechanical retention occurs, which increases the adhesion strength. However, this process causes roughness and hydroxyapatite...

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a syndrome consist of several coronary disease such as unstable angina pectoris (UAP), non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), and ST- elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). ACS risk factors are devided into two main categories, the conventional risk factors...

Effective management of diabetes therapy is a major challenge in the management of chronic conditions that are accompanied by comorbidities like dyslipidemia. The potential of unwanted events or Drug-Related Problems (DRPs) increases the emergence of comorbidities. This study aims to identify the correlation...

Introduction: Nanotechnology has received a lot of attention in recent years because of its wide range of applications in all scientific fields. Agriculture could benefit from the use of nanoparticles. In today’s world, sustainable agriculture is essential. Smartly designed nanoparticles, such as nanozeolites,...

Risk factors for transmission of HIV/AIDS are heterosexual (84.7%), Injection Drugs User (IDU) (5.7%), homosexual (4.7%), perinatal transmission (4.6%) and blood transfusion (0.1%). As the second-largest risk factor, IDU is a serious public health concern because of its high potential in transmitting...

This study aims to analyze the factors that influence the reproductive health of working mothers in the garment industry, with a case study of 53 working mothers in the CV. Interna Semarang garment factory. The factors studied include working conditions, stress levels, knowledge of reproductive health,...

This study discusses the influence of pedagogical competence to the development of aspects psychomotor students on physical education learning in SMAN 1 Sukabumi. This study focuses on aspect psychomotor students in learning physical education, by assessing those aspects of the physical education teacher...

The purpose of the article is to reveal the rehabilitation potential of inclusive sailing and to justify the need to include this sport in the list of basic sports according to the Federal Law of the Russian Federation dated 04.12.2007 No 329-ФЗ “On Physical Culture and Sport in the Russian Federation”...

Loss of one or several teeth can disturb the balance of the composition of the teeth in the arch that causes imbalance occlusion of teeth so that the teeth will receive a larger load. Stresses imposed by the structure of the temporomandibular joint is imbalance and would interfere with the function of...

Palm kernel shell ash (PKSA) is a waste from the use of palm kernel shell as fuel which is very abundant, especially in Riau, Indonesia. The objective of this study utilized the PKSA to improve the quality of used palm cooking oil. The characteristics of PKSA were analyzed using FTIR to determine the...

Muhammadiyah is one of biggest Islamic organization which concern in human development. It’s realized by taken a part on education as one of it’s core programme, in all educational level. In order to be a world class player of human development by good higher school management, it’s needed to do the...

WHO (2016) states that stroke is one of the causes of 6.7 billion deaths per year around the world. The slow identification of stroke symptoms causes handling delays and extends the damage of neurology. The purpose of this research is to identify the experience of the patient’s family in early detecting...

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extraction is the process of isolating DNA from cells or tissues of living organisms for further analysis. DNA extraction must be performed in matrix analysis of a sample to identify nucleic acids. This study evaluated the effectiveness of ultrasound in extracting pig DNA,...

In early 2020, there was a discovery of the Covid-19 virus that could transmit very quickly through droplets, so it was eventually designated a pandemic. Dentists are always in contact with saliva and blood. They are susceptible to droplets and aerosols, so there are regulations regarding dental care...

Posyandu is one of health efforts sourced from community who is managed and organized from, by, for and with the community. In South Bengkulu visit of toodler lowest in Puskesmas Sulau. The purpose of this research is to analyze factors that related te performance of Cadre in the implementation of Posyandu...

Impact caused by the aging process is the existence of health-related problems. Health-related problems experienced by the older people are not only related to physical health but also mental health. Mental disorders occur in the older people population with depression as the most common disorder. One...

Cellulolytic bacteria have been isolated from rice mill waste (rice bran) that isolates BE 8 and BE 14. Cellulolytic bacteria is a producer of cellulase enzymes involved in the degradation of cellulose waste, textiles, detergents, glucose industrial etc. The purpose of this study was to molecular identification...

Hypertension often occurs in the elderly due to hormonal changes after menopause. Treatment of hypertension can be done non-pharmacologically by consuming chayote. This study was to explore the effect of chayote juice on blood pressure in elderly people with hypertension at Puskesmas (Community Health...

This research based-community service is carried out based on the fact that sports achievement development in Ciamis regency is still relatively low and only certain sports could achieve medals at the 2014 West Java Regional Sports Games (PORDA), in Bekasi. This study was conducted as an education and...

Adolescence is a transition from childhood to adulthood. Teenagers experience rapid growth and need good nutrition to support their growth and development. One of the factors that play a role in the formation of adolescent behavior is that the cue factor acts in the form of mass media campaigns where...

The quality test of the PRC components is needed to ensure a consistent processing and storage processes for an optimal healing effect. Hemolysis during blood storage is the most severe manifestation of erythrocyte storage and is an important parameter for assessing the quality of PRC [1], [2]. This...