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Background: Uric acid is a final product or a waste that is resulted from the metabolism of purines. A high level of uric acid (hyperuricemia) will cause several health problems, such as vascular inflammation, smooth muscle proliferation, and vascular lesion in kidneys. The syzygium polyanthum leaves contain bioactive substances that may affect the level of uric acid in blood. Objective: This study aimed to determine the influence of boiled water of syzygium polyanthum leaves to the changes of uric acid levels in the target area of Puskesmas Pandak 1 Bantul. Methods: This study employed pre- and post-test without control group design. The population consisted of all patients with hyperuricemia in the target area of Puskesmas Pandak 1 Bantul. Sample was selected with a concecutive sampling, gaining a total number of 24 respondents. Data were analyzed with the Wilcoxon test. The dose of boiled water of syzygium polyanthum leaves intake was 0.36g/ KgBW, once a day for 14 days. Result: This research showed that the boiled water of syzygium polyanthum leaves decreased hyperuricemia (uric acid levels), along with the significancy value of 0.009 (p <0.05). At the pre-test time, the average level of uric acid reached 7.279 mg/dl, and after the treatment, it decreased to 6.76 mg/dl. Conclusion: This study has established evidence that the boiled water of syzygium polyanthum leaves is able to decrease hyperuricemia (uric acid level in blood). Keywords: Syzygium polyanthum, boiled water of syzygium polyanthum leaves, hyperuricemia

Background: Uric acid is a final product or a waste that is resulted from the metabolism of purines. A high level of uric acid (hyperuricemia) will cause several health problems, such as vascular inflammation, smooth muscle proliferation, and vascular lesion in kidneys. The syzygium polyanthum leaves contain bioactive substances that may affect the level of uric acid in blood. Objective: This study aimed to determine the influence of boiled water of syzygium polyanthum leaves to the changes of uric acid levels in the target area of Puskesmas Pandak 1 Bantul. Methods: This study employed pre- and post-test without control group design. The population consisted of all patients with hyperuricemia in the target area of Puskesmas Pandak 1 Bantul. Sample was selected with a concecutive sampling, gaining a total number of 24 respondents. Data were analyzed with the Wilcoxon test. The dose of boiled water of syzygium polyanthum leaves intake was 0.36g/ KgBW, once a day for 14 days. Result: This research showed that the boiled water of syzygium polyanthum leaves decreased hyperuricemia (uric acid levels), along with the significancy value of 0.009 (p <0.05). At the pre-test time, the average level of uric acid reached 7.279 mg/dl, and after the treatment, it decreased to 6.76 mg/dl. Conclusion: This study has established evidence that the boiled water of syzygium polyanthum leaves is able to decrease hyperuricemia (uric acid level in blood). Keywords: syzygium polyanthum, boiled water of syzygium polyanthum leaves, hyperuricemia

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Background: Victory Plus Foundation is a Non-Government Organization that helps the population directly affected by HIV/AIDS in Yogyakarta. Status disclosure’s research on People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Victory Plus Foundation is scarce. Even though the status disclosure is one of HIV spreading prevention, it has two-sided effects, both negative and positive, so its result can affect the quality of life despite PLWHA having tried to find a support system. Therefore, it is essential to know how the quality of life of PLWHA has opened up their status.Purpose: This study aimed to determine the relationship between HIV status disclosure and the quality of life of PLWHA in the Victory Plus Foundation, Yogyakarta.Method: This descriptive-analytic correlation study with a cross-sectional approach was conducted in June-July 2019 on 68 PLWHA at the Victory Plus Foundation. Purposively, samples were asked to fill out a disclosure questionnaire and WHOQOL-BREF. Univariate data presented in descriptions and Chi-Square tested bivariate data.Result: Most of the HIV status disclosure of PLWHA in the Victory Plus foundation was classified into a moderate category (77.9%) and low quality of life (64 %). The bivariate test result found a significant relationship between the HIV status disclosures with the quality of life in general (p = 0.001) with a moderate relationship closeness (r=0.403).Conclusion: Consequently, there is a relationship between the HIV status disclosures with the quality of life of PLWHA in the Victory Plus Foundation in Yogyakarta.

Background: The disclosure of women’s HIV status toward their sexual partners is an important issue that should be regarded as one of the efforts to prevent and control the spread of HIV. Research on the disclosure of seropositive HIV status as well as women-related factors in Indonesia, especially Yogyakarta is only a few. Objective: The purpose of this study is to analyse a factor related to the growth of HIV-positive female HIV/AIDS to sexual partners in LSM Victory Yogyakarta Methods: This is a correlational descriptive research along with its cross-sectional approach on 329 women with HIV/AIDS at the Victory Plus NGO from June to July 2016. This research used a purposive sampling method and a questionnaire as the data collection technique. The bivariate analysis test was undertaken by using a chi square and multivariate test along with a logistic regression. Result: The multivariate analysis and logistic regression show five independent variables related to the disclosure of seropositive HIV status of women with HIV/AIDS toward their sexual partners, namely ethnicity (aOR = 36,859; 95% CI; (6,544-207,616)) religion (aOR =0,255; 95%CI; (0,075-0,868)), discussion with partners prior to the HIV test (aOR =0,069; 95%CI; (0,065-0,438)) , types of sexual partners (aOR = 0.191; 95% CI; (0.082-0,445)) and knowledge on the partners’ HIV status (aOR = 0.036; 95% CI; (0.008-0.160)). The highest level of reason for seropositive HIV women not to be open about their partners’ status is the fear of being rejected by their partners and the environmental stigma of HIV AIDS disease. Conclusion: The disclosure of seropositive HIV status in women with HIV/AIDS in the Victory Plus NGO of Yogyakarta was 79.4% or classified as a high category with some related factors such as ethnicity, religion, discussion with partners prior to the HIV test, types of partners and knowledge on the partners’ HIV status. Keywords: Women, HIV, Disclosure, Sexual Partner.

Diabetes prevalence in Yogyakarta is the second highest in Indonesia, and Diabetes sufferers are prone to experiencing physical and psychological disorders. Psychological disorders such as depression, stress, and anxiety are more at risk in Diabetes patients. This condition will be worsen the prognosis and outcome, so managing psychological disorders in Diabetes patients is essential. One of the efforts to manage mental disorders in Diabetes patients is non-pharmacological therapy such as Benar Relaxation Therapy (BRT). It combining between aromatherapy and Benson relaxation techniques which is effective for mild and moderate anxiety therapy. In this study, the BRT try to test the effectivity stress, anxiety, until depression. This therapy using three sickles of therapy and the dose of the aromatherapy was three drops in 20 ml of sterile water which formulated by the researcher.      The aim study is evaluate the effect of Benar Relaxation Therapy (BRT) in reducing psychological symptoms in diabetes patients. This study did Quasi-experimental research with a pre-posttest without control group design. 14 adults Diabetes patients who ADL independently and have cellphones with video features in Candibinangun district purposively taken to this study. For three consecutive days, patients received therapy for 15 minutes. Their psychological symptoms were measured using the DASS 21 and PSQI questionnaires. Meanwhile, the measurement of physiological symptoms is to measure blood pressure, pulse, and blood glucose. The data processed using the T-test and Wilcoxon test according to the results of data normality. The results showed that Benar Relaxation Therapy effectively reduced psychological symptoms in the form of depression (p = 0.038) and improved sleep quality (p = 0.042). Physiologically, this therapy was also effective in lowering blood pressure (p = 0.00). However, this therapy is not significant in reducing psychological and physiological symptoms in stress, anxiety, pulse, and blood glucose levels. The conclusions is the Benar Relaxation Therapy in this study was effective in lowering depression scores and blood pressure. This therapy also improves the quality of sleep in type 2 Diabetes patients. However, this therapy significantly increases the patient's stress and anxiety and has no significant effect on pulse and blood glucose levels. Keywords: Benar Relaxation Therapy; Psychologic Symptoms

Around 50% of people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide are women, and women of reproductive age are the group of women who are most infected by HIV/AIDS. Indonesia is a country that has increased the number of people with HIV/AIDS up to three folded since 2009-2014 and the number of women infected with HIV/AIDS also continues to increase. This study aims to look at the characteristics of women living with HIV / AIDS (WLWHA) in Victory Plus who are of reproductive age. This study is descriptive research with a cross-sectional approach that was conducted on 288 women with HIV / AIDS taken by purposive sampling who met the inclusion criteria in Victory Plus Foundation, Yogyakarta. Data were taken by questionnaire in March – June 2019 and processed by univariate analysis according to the data. The results showed that respondents 100% underwent ART, they are 35.42 ± 6.91 years old, suffered HIV for 4.06± 3.21 years, and have a length of ART duration for 3.74±3.11 years. Most of WLWHA are Muslims (89,9%), Javanese (94,4%), married women (52,8%), senior high school educated (46,5%), housewives (68,8%), have living children (80,6%), have no child with HIV(87,5%), adherence on ART(85,4%), have steady sex partner (75,3%), disclosed their HIV status to their sexual partner (50,7%), disclosed their HIV status to others (50,7%), and having better health perception (73,3%). The conclusion that the characteristics of respondents are mostly Muslim, have a high school education background, work as a housewife, are married, have live children, have no children with HIV, are on ART, open to sexual partners, open to other than sexual partners and have improved health perception.