BACKGROUND: Chemicals that enter the body, especially benzene, will undergo a detoxification process. Unfortunately, at the detoxification process, sometimes benzene can produce free radicals. Free radical oxidation of lipids produces MDA compounds (malondialdehyde). To overcome these free radicals, the body will adapt to produce Glutathione (GSH) enzymes. AIM: The purpose of this study was to analyse the relationship between benzene concentration, MDA levels and glutathione enzymes in Shoe-Maker Home Industry workers exposed to benzene for more than 10 years. METHODS: Measurement of benzene concentration using a gas chromatography-flame ionisation detector (GC-FID). MDA levels used a modified spectrophotometric and GSH method of thiobarbituric acid (TBA) test. RESULT: The results showed that the majority of respondents had benzene concentrations still below the TLV value, mean of MDA levels were 6.94 mg/ml, while GSH was 4.54 mg/ml. Benzene concentration did not have a significant correlation with MDA and glutathione levels, whereas MDA levels had a strong correlation with glutathione levels (p = 0.000; r = -0.947). CONCLUSION: Workers should always use PPE and always eat foods that contain lots of glutathione enzymes such as spinach or broccoli to reduce the impact of free radicals from benzene inhalation.
Introduction: The successful management of Type 2 diabetes mellitus is determined by the role of the family in self-management as a family caregiver. Many factors influence the capability of the family caregivers to carry out diabetes self-management. The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors that influence the family caregiver capability of performing diabetes self-management in people with Type 2 diabetes mellitus.Methods: The study design was an analytical observation using a cross-sectional approach. The sample was 220 family caregivers of people with Type 2 diabetes mellitus in Jember Regency, East Java Province, Indonesia. The multistage random sampling technique was used as the sampling technique. The research instrument was a questionnaire. The questionnaires used in this study were the Diabetes Management Self Efficacy Scale, the Spoken Knowledge in Low Literacy Patients with Diabetes Questionnaire, the Motives for Caregiving Scale, the Spirituality Index of Well-Being, the Sense of Coherence Scale, the Coping Scale, the Hensarling Diabetes Family Support Scale, and the Family Caregiver's Perception of the Role of the Nurse Questionnaire. The data analysis was performed using the Pearson correlation test, the Spearman rank test, and the multiple linear regression test.Results: The results of the Pearson correlation test and Spearman rank test showed that the sociodemographic factors associated with diabetes self management were age (p=0.000), gender (p=0.016), education (p=0.000), income (p=0.000), and kinship (p=0.000). The psychosocial factors associated with diabetes self management were diabetes knowledge (p=0.000), motivation (p=0.000), coping skills (p=0.000), spirituality (p=0.000), family coherence (p=0.000), family support (p=0.000) and the role of the nurses (p=0.000). The multiple linear regression test showed that the factors associated with diabetes self management were diabetes knowledge (β=0.047), motivation (β=0.094), coping (β=0.188), spirituality (β= -0.082), family coherence (β= −0.043), family support (β= 0.296) and the role of the nurses (β= 0.512).Conclusion: Efforts to increase the family caregiver’s capabilities in terms of diabetes self-management should pay attention to the socio-demographic and psychosocial factors to prevent complications and to improve the health status, and quality of life of people with Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Background: Patient safety culture is associated with the values, attitudes, competencies and behaviors that support the safe conduct of individual or group activities in hospitals and other health organizations. Safety culture is influenced by various factors, one of which is communication, which plays a significant role in health services. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the relationship between nurse communication satisfaction and the quality of patient safety culture in hospitals. Design and Methods: This is a cross-sectional design with the proportional random sampling method used to data from 51 nurses, which was analyzed using the Spearman rank test. The majority of the nurses were female, between 20 – 30 years old, with 1-5 years working experience.Results: The results showed a significant relationship between nurse communication satisfaction and the quality of patient safety culture. Furthermore, the higher the nurses' level of communication satisfaction, the better the applied quality of patient safety culture (r = 0.338).ConclusionS: Nurse communication satisfaction affects the provision of effective health care, with the ability to create good cooperative relationships and foster trust between professions in order to improve the quality of service delivery and patient safety.
Pola asuh orang tua merupakan peran aktif orang tua terhadap perkembangan anakanaknya, terutama pada saat mereka masih berada pada tahap prasekolah, untuk meningkatkan kecerdasan moral anak sejak dini (tata karma, sopan santun, aturan norma agama dan moral, etika). Pola asuh orang tua yang digunakan ada 4 macam pola asuh yaitu demokratis, otoriter, permisif, penelantar. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis hubungan antara pola asuh orang tua bekerja dengan tingkat kecerdasan moral anak usia prasekolah. Jenis penelitian ini adalah observasional analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional, pemilihan sampel dengan purposive sampling. Sampel penelitian yaitu anak usia prasekolah (4-5) tahun sebanyak 20 responden. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah Fisher exsact test. Hasil uji statistik didapatkan hubungan yang tidak signifikan antara Pola asuh orang tua dengan Tingkat kecerdasan moral anak usia prasekolah (4-5) tahun, dengan nilai p = 0.053 walaupun tidak signifikan tetapi ada kecenderungan pada orang tua dengan pola asuh yang baik /demokratis (70%) yang mempunyai anak dengan tingkat kecerdasan moral baik. Maka dari itu diperlukan pola asuh yang demokratis dan stimulus yang baik untuk menjadikan kecerdasan moral anak baik.
Benzene is a hazardous ingredient for health. Benzene is used as a latex glue solvent in the shoe industry. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between benzene exposure with trans, trans-muconic acid and the blood profile of shoe workers in Romokalisari Surabaya. This study is a cross-sectional study conducted in the shoe industry in Romokalisari Surabaya with a number of research subjects of 20 shoe workers. Data collection was carried out by measuring benzene levels conducted at 8 measurement points in Surabaya Romokalisari, taking workers' blood, measuring body weight and conducting interviews with respondents. Data were analyzed using correlation tests. The results showed that there was no relationship between benzene levels with t, t-MA (p-value = 0.205), there was no relationship between benzene RQ and t, t-MA (p-value = 0.271) and there was no relationship between the ECR and blood profile of workers in Romokalisari. There is no correlation between benzene levels and t,t-MA, RQ and t,t-MA and there is no relationship between the ECR and all the profile parameters of the blood workers in Romokalisari. Benzene, Blood Profile, Shoe Worker, t,t-MA
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