The Covid-19 pandemic has become a stressful situation for teenagers and children, thus affecting their health and immune system. Prolonged stress (chronic stress) impacts the body's immune system. Stress has an emotional, cognitive, physiological, and behavioural impact. Individuals with high-stress levels will have more difficulty manifesting positive thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. Good mental health is essential for a person to deal with stress in life and is vital in the physique health of adults and children. Therefore, community service was carried out to help with stress management and relaxation therapy. This community service aims to reduce stress among children and adolescents in Saint Beatrix orphanage Sidoarjo. This program involved thirty female children and adolescents in Saint Beatrix orphanage Sidoarjo. They took a pre-test, which indicated a low knowledge of stress management. The results showed that the participants had poor knowledge about stress management. Methods used for stress management education were lectures and discussions. Evaluation of the program successfully before and after the activity was measured after the participants filled out a questionnaire that measured their knowledge about stress management. Meanwhile, the evaluation of relaxation therapy training was carried out through demonstration. After conducting the program, it showed that the number of participants with a high level of knowledge went up to 77%. Based on the Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test result, it's known that the p-value = 0,000 with (ɑ<0.05), which means this program may enhance participants’ knowledge.
AbstrakGaya hidup sedentari biasa dikenal dengan malas gerak memiliki dampak yang sangat serius bagi kesehatan. Salah satupenyakit yang dapat diakibatkan dari gaya hidup sedentari adalah diabetes mellitus yang ditandai dengan tinggi kadar guladarah. Mahasiswa Keperawatan menghabiskan sebagian besar aktivitas dan waktunya dengan duduk ataupun berbaring.Tujuan penelitian adalah mencari hubungan antara gaya hidup sedentari dengan kadar gula darah mahasiswa keperawatan.Desain penelitian adalah cross sectional dengan jumlah subjek adalah 100. Gaya hidup sedentari diukur dengan TheAdolescent Sedentary Activity Questioner. Gula darah diukur dengan alat glucometer. Analisis data menggunakan ujikorelasi Pearson. Hasil analisis yaitu p = 0,002 (p<0,05) yang menunjukkan bahwa korelasi antara gaya hidup sedentaridan gula darah mahasiswa keperawatan bermakna. Semakin tinggi gaya hidup sedentari maka semakin tinggi nilai guladarah mahasiswa keperawatan. Mengurangi perilaku sedentari dan meningkatkan aktivitas fisik dapat mengurangi risikopenyakit tidak menular khususnya diabetes mellitus.Kata Kunci: gaya hidup sedentari, gula darah, mahasiswa
Pradiabetes menjadi deteksi awal dan pengembangan terjadinya diabetes mellitus tanpa gejala. Orang yang telah didiagnosa diabetes melitus dulunya tidak sadar kalau mengalami pradiabetes karena kurangnya pengetahuan/informasi atau memiliki pengetahuan yang sangat rendah. Resiko tinggi terkena pradiabetes kebanyakan pada pekerja kantor yang lebih banyak duduk daripada beraktivitas. Pradiabetes dapat dicegah dengan cara perubahan gaya hidup yang sehat. Sangat penting bagi semua orang khususnya pekerja kantor untuk mendapatkan informasi maupun promosi kesehatan supaya dapat mengadopsi perilaku sehat. Tujuan kegiatan ini adalah meningkatkan pengetahuan tentang prediabetes kepada pekerja. Sasaran kegiatan diikuti oleh 14 guru. Model kegiatan adalah penyuluhan kesehatan, sebelum dan sesudah penyuluhan semua guru diminta untuk mengerjakan soal sebanyak 10 soal (pretest dan post-test) tentang pradiabetes. Kegiatan ini dilakukan pada tanggal 30 Maret 2022. Hasil pengabdian ini didapatkan para guru memiliki antusias dalam mengikuti kegiatan ini dibuktikan dari adanya peningkatan hasil pretest dan post-test selain itu banyak pertanyaan yang diajukan setelah penyuluhan. Simpulan pada kegiatan ini adalah adanya peningkatan pengetahuan tentang prediabetes dan gaya hidup sehat. Saran untuk kegiatan selanjutnya adalah deteksi dini dan intervensi seperti aktivitas fisik. Prediabetes develops into early detection and increases diabetes mellitus non-symptoms. People with diabetes mellitus are unaware of prediabetes bygone because minimalize information or knowledge about prediabetes. People are working in offices more inactive, and they have a high risk. Prediabetes could prevent to change of behaviour to healthy behaviour. It is essential for everyone, especially working people, to get information and health promotion to adopt healthy behaviour. The social activity aims to increase knowledge about prediabetes among working people—teachers are an object of this activity. The activity model is health education. Before and after health education, teachers filled out pretest and post-test about prediabetes. The activity was scheduled for March 30, 2022. The teacher’s enthusiasm and the result of the pretest and post-test increased, and they asked after health education. The activity outcome was increased knowledge about prediabetes and a healthy lifestyle. The activity implies early detection and physical activity as changes in health behaviour.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused chronic diseases patient such as cancer survivors vulnerable to death, on the other hand, cancer treatment programs must continue to prevent cell metastasis. The study aimed to prove the effect of four aspects of family support on increasing the motivation for completing chemotherapy and radiation therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a correlation study with a cross-sectional approach. Samples were cancer patients living at the Indonesian Cancer Foundation, East Java Surabaya Branch who met the inclusion criteria set, which amounted to 50 people. The instruments used are the Family Support Scale (FSS) and the Treatment Motivation Questionnaire (TMQ) which have been tested for validity and reliability. The linear regression test found that all aspects of family support had a significant effect on treatment motivation. Informational support (r = 0.387, p = 0.005), emotional support (r = 0.386, p = 0.006), instrumental support (r = 0.372, p = 0.008), appraisal support (r = 0.367, p = 0.009). Four aspects of family support can provide enthusiasm and motivation for patients to continue carrying out cancer treatment in a pandemic situation 19.
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