This study aims to explore coping strategies used by parents’ of children with mosaic sex chromosome Disorders of Sex Development (DSD). The study applied the sequential explanatory mixed-methods approach that collected quantitative data prior to qualitative data. Participants were parents of the affected patients diagnosed with DSD with the following karyotype XX/XY, X/XY, XYY, or XXY variants. In total, 14 mothers and 12 fathers of 14 patients with a mosaic sex chromosome DSD participated in this study. We used the Indonesian version of BRIEF COPE to collect quantitative data on coping strategies. Furthermore, an invidual interview was conducted to all participants to elaborate the coping strategies applied by parents in raising their children. The data analysis identified the four most preferred parental coping strategies: religion, positive reframing, acceptance, and active coping whereas the least preferred coping strategies were humor, substance use, and behavior disengagement. Mothers and fathers in the study did not significantly differ in applying their coping strategies (p>.05). The study suggests health practitioners working with parents of patients affected with mosaic sex chromosome DSD to promote the religion, positive reframing, acceptance, and active coping strategies to facilitate a better acceptance of the affected children.
Thalassemia prevalence in Indonesia is still high. Genetic screening as an early detection effort for thalassemia is needed as a prevention effort, so knowledge about thalassemia is needed. There is no data related to the knowledge of high school students regarding thalassemia in Pontianak City, even though this data is important as initial data to formulate a thalassemia prevention program. This study aims to describe the level of knowledge about thalassemia among high school students. This research is descriptive. The sample was taken as many as 100 people with the propotionated stratified random sampling method based on the population of high school students in each district in Pontianak City. The results showed that almost half of the respondents had a low level of knowledge (49%). Female students have a good level (27.1%), more than male students (10%). Sources of information used are online media (44%), school lessons (17%), health workers (17%), counselor (10%), relatives / friends (6%) and print media (6%). It can be concluded that the knowledge of high school students about thalassemia in Pontianak City is still lacking, so it is necessary to increase the dissemination of information about thalassemia through online media information sources.
This study is aimed at investigating the ethical behaviors performed by students in online classes. It is descriptive qualitative research. Observation and questionnaires as well as informal interviews for lecturers and students are the tools of data collection. 10 lecturers and 66 students participated in this research. Only a small number of lecturers (37.5%) stated that the students always show discipline, manner, engagement, honesty, responsibility, creativity, innovation, adaptive with technology whereas many students (77.84%) said that they were always disciplined and responsible in online classes. About creativity, innovation, adaptive to technology, according to some of the lecturers (65%), students sometimes have a good internet connection during online class, use a headset with headphones and a microphone to get audio quality, and prevent disruptions to others. However, not many students (less than 50%) stated that they have a good internet connection during online class, use a headset with headphones and a microphone to get audio quality and prevent disruptions to others. In conclusion, the ethical behaviors of students in an online class in the English Education Study Program of FKIP UNTAN are not always discipline, good manner, engaged, honest, responsible, creative to technology, and good communication with lecturers and peers.
Andriani, Suseno G, Effiana, Novriany V, Fitrianingrum I. 2018. Short Communication: Hepatoprotective effect of methanol extract of sambiloto leaves (Andrographis paniculata) against malondialdehyde levels in liver tissues of paracetamol-induced Wistar rat. Nusantara Bioscience 10: 87-90. Andrographis paniculata contains andrographolide and flavonoids, which have a hepatoprotective effect. This study was aimed to examine hepatoprotective effect of Andrographis paniculata extract against liver tissues malondialdehyde (MDA) levels of paracetamol induced Wistar rat (Rattus novegicus). The study was designed with posttest-only control group conducted at Tanjungpura University, Indonesia in June 2015. A total of 30 rats at age of three weeks were divided into 6 groups. They were given toxic dose paracetamol, curcumin and A. paniculata extract in different dose. Liver tissues were tested by Wills’s method. The data was analyzed using One-way ANOVA and LSD Post-hoc test. MDA levels of liver tissues were i.e, normal control (0.34 nmol mL-1), positive control (0.34 nmol mL-1), dose 1 (0.45 nmol mL-1), dose 2 (0.55 nmol mL-1), dose 3 (0.63 nmol mL- 1 ), negative control (1.32 nmol mL-1). Result showed that MDA levels of liver tissues of negative control group were significantly different with other groups (ANOVA, p≤ 0.05). There were no significant differences between MDA levels of liver tissues of Dose 1 with normal control and positive control (ANOVA, p>0.05). The methanol extract of A. paniculata has a hepatoprotective effect in (MDA) levels of paracetamol-induced Rattus novegicus with an effective dose of 500 mg kg-1.
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