Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in Indonesia. Central obesity is one of the risk factors that is often found in patients with CHD. Body mass index (BMI) of waist and hip circumference is commonly used to measure the central obesity in individuals. And now, this method is considered as the anthropometric measurement which is more sensitive, cheaper and easier to assess…
ABSTRACT Sorcopenia is strongly related with functional impaired in performing important daily activities leading to brittleness, increasing fails incidence and dependency. Exercise is one of treatment modality in sarcopenia with protective effect for falls incidence. This research aimed to identify the correlation of sarcopenia, exercise and falls incidence in elderly. A cross…
ABSTRACT Drug-related problems often occur in hospitalized patients and the most common risk factors are the presence of polypharmacy and increasing of age. This research aims to determine the description of age, sex, number of drugs and the prevalence of Drug-Related Problems (DRP) in hospitalized geriatric patients. This research is a retrospective cohort study with a secondary data co…
Aim: to obtain profile of food and nutrien intake in Indonesian elderly population and factors associated with energy intake. Methods: multi-center cross sectional study in 13 hospitals across Indonesia conducted among 387 elderly who had attended geriatric clinics. Data collected including demographic characteristics, fungtional status, cognitive status, mental status, nutrional status, food…
Cigarette smokes produce a large number of oxidants and promote secretion of ferritin by alveolar macrophages which are potential to encourage the lipid peroxidation. Malondialdehyde (MDA) is used as a parameter of lipid peroxidation. The study was aimed to evaluate the relationship between blood level of vitamin A and ferritin and MDA among Javanese male smokers. Sixty men who lived in Purwore…
This research was analytic research with cross sectional design. Background of research was preliminary survey result showing that health care qualities in all Public Health Centers (Puskesmas) in Blitar City were not optimum. This research aimed to identify effect of ability and work motivation of nurse on health care quality in Puskesmas of Blitar City. Research population was nurses in all P…
The transition of physical and sexual maturation in becoming an adult occurs in adolescence period. This transition runs in parallel with the development of cognitive, emotional, social cultural and adaptation ability. Girls sexual maturity is marked by first menstruation (menarche) which is the most important phase of reproductive development. The relationship between menarche and growth rate …
Obesity and overweight have become a health issue throughout the world, with a dramatic increase in prevalence each year. An obese child is thought to be adorable, but parents are not aware of the health risk it holds. Preventive measures by decreasing the risk factors for obesity are more effective than treating the problem. The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors of obesity in …
Middle age is age between 40-60 years old where it is a long period of human life. Middle age is risky age on degenerative disease, but also poses potential to keep healthy by changing life style. Hyper-cholesterol is common disease suffered by this age group, caused by wrong life style, such as consumption of food stuff with excessive hypercholesterol risk. This research aimed to identify …