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Quality of life of people in urban area is the outcome of people interaction with urban environment. Many studies indicate that public open space is one of important urban environment elements which give positive contribution to quality of life. This paper investigates how privatization of public open space affects quality of life of people while many studies show degradation of "publicness" of public space due to privatization. Research ßnding indicates that people keep doing their social activities both in privatized and public area but physically segregated.Keywords: urban open space privatization, social activity, quality of life Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. Nasution, A. D., & Zahrah, 2(5) Oct / Dec 2017 (p.71-83) 72 https://doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v2i5.224 This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-ncnd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for EnvironmentBehaviour Studies), Faculty of IntroductionResearch in quality of life is important as part of contribution to enhance quality of life itself (Lever, 2000). Quality of life of people in urban area is the outcome of people interaction with urban environment (Das, 2008). Many studies show that public open space (POS) is one important element of urban environment (Shirvani, 1985) which gives positive contribution to quality of life (Madanipour, 1999).In fact, public open space tends to decrease both in quality and quantity. One trigger of this condition is privatization, when public open space owned and or managed by private sector. Some studies see the privatization causes negative effects, such as limitation of access, increasing of consumerism, social gap, decreasing democracy expression and social interaction (Kruppa, 1993; Kressel, 1998; Day, 1999;Kohn, 2004). The others see positive effects of POS privatization, such as increasing of quality and management (Melik, 2009;Slangen, 2005) which in turn would increase quality of life (Beck, 2009). This paper will discuss how privatization of public open space affects quality of life, particularly in developing country such as Indonesia with lack of public open space, both in quality and quantity. Literature Review Successful Public Open SpacePublic open space is outdoor spaces with free access for people (Jacobs, 1961;Madanipour, 1999), such as cafes, retail, bazaar, parks, streets and pedestrian paths. Public open space is success while it becomes conducive place for social interaction (Danisworo, 1989;Whyte, 1985), attracts many visitors to do their activities in there (Danisworo, 1989;Whyte, 1985), with wide range of activities occur (Rivlin, 1994;CABE and DETR, 2001), individual or group (Rossi, 1982;Gehl, 2002), informal and suitable for recreation (Whyte, 1985; Project for Public Space, 2000), democratic and non discriminative (Car, 1992), acce...

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AIM: The study aimed to investigate the effect of drug-related problems (DRPs) on changes in blood glucose level (BGL) in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients.METHODS: This three-month prospective cross-sectional study was conducted to patients of T2DM with complications hospitalised in Haji Adam Malik (HAM) Hospital, Medan, Indonesia period from July to October 2018. DRPs were identified and classified by using Cipolle DRP classification and trustable literature. The data obtained were analysed by Chi-Square test (p < 0.05 implied that there was a significant relationship).RESULTS: This study involved 81 T2DM patients, 52 (64.2%) of the patients were male, and 29 (35.8%) of them were female. Most (30.9%) of patients were at the age of 51-60 years. Combination of rapid-acting and long-acting insulin was the most frequently provided antidiabetic drugs (69.1%). There were 68 DRPs experienced by 32 (39.5%) of the patients. Percentage of DRP experienced by the 32 patients by number: 1 DRP, 53.1; 2 DRPs, 28.1; 3 DRPs, 3.1; 4 DRPs, 3.1; 5 DRPs, 3.1; 7 DRPs, 9.3. This study showed that 27.2% and 12.3 % of the patients had hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia, respectively. There was no significant relationship between BGL and indication without drug therapy (p = 0.064), ineffective provided drug (p = 0.079), and there was a significant relationship between BGL and irrational dose (p = 0.000). Furthermore, there was a significant relationship between hypoglycemia and adverse drug reaction (p = 0.000).CONCLUSION: DRPs are common among T2DM patients and still required the attention and appropriate actions of healthcare providers.

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AIM: To analyse the characteristics, and analyse the impact of pharmacist intervention on quality of life (QOL) outpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS: This six-month analytical cohort study was conducted by assessing the patients’ characteristics and their quality of life by distributing a questionnaire, and the 36-Item short form instrument to the patients with T2DM (n = 45) admitted to the Tertiary hospital in Tebing Tinggi. Patients who had mental disorders, HIV-AIDS, liver disease, stage 4 chronic kidney disease, and pregnant women were excluded from the study. The patients’ quality of life was measured before and after interventions and analysed using the paired t-test. All analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS, version 22, Chicago, IL, USA) (p < 0.05 was considered significant). RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 61.96 ± 6.45 (years). Most (66.7%) of them were females. The mean QOL (in the score) of the patients: before the intervention, 61.07 ± 15.13; after the intervention, 70.15 ± 14.23, there was a significant difference between groups with and without interventions, p < 0.001. CONCLUSION: Active contribution of pharmacists in the management of T2DM patients is urgent and important to improve the patients’ QOL.

Objectives: To determine the effect of counseling on effectiveness and cost of the treatment for outpatient with primary hypertension (HTN) in Cut Meutia Hospital, Indonesia.Methods: This 6-month prospective quasi-experimental study was undertaken to analyze the impact of counseling toward cost and effectiveness in the treatment in patients with primary HTN and evaluation of each month at Cut Meutia Hospital, Indonesia. The study sample consisted of 22 patients for each group. A cost analysis was conducted from the perspective of the health-care providers. The cost in the treatment of both groups was analyzed by calculating the cost-effectiveness ratio (CER) and incremental CER (ICER).Results: Most of the patients with HTN (54.55%) were males with ages ranging from 35 to 64 years old (77.27%). Patients who achieved a blood pressure <140/90 mmHg on HTN treatment: With counseling, 77.27%; without counseling, 18.18%. CER for HTN treatment with and without counseling were Rp 1,756,117,86 and Rp 6,704,247,91, respectively. The ICER was Rp 233,745.13.Conclusion: Treatment of HTN with counseling was more cost-effective than without counseling.