Background: Pyoderma is a purulent bacterial infection of the skin. In developing countries, pyoderma is the most common skin disease in children. Pyoderma attacks male more often than female. Factors influencing pyoderma are low socioeconomic level, low education, low personal hygiene and unhygienic house. This study was conducted to assess the relation between risk factors of pyoderma and pyoderma incidence. Methods: This study used cross-sectional study design and was conducted from August-November 2013. The sample collection was done with multistage random sampling, where 196 primary school children in Jatinangor subdistrict were randomly taken to be admitted into this study. The data collection procedure consisted of physical examination and questionnaire filling. The data were statistically analyzed using independent T and chi-square test. Results: Upon examining 196 subjects, four were found with pyoderma. As such, the prevalence of pyoderma on primary school children in Jatinangor in 2013 was 2%. There was relation between personal hygiene and pyoderma incidence (p=0.041). Sex (p=0.623), healthy housing (p=0.097), socioeconomic level (p=0.742) and education level of parents (p=0.989) were not related with pyoderma. Conclusions: Personal hygiene is the risk factor that had relation with incidence of pyoderma.
Methods:The study was a cross sectional study conducted in April -October 2014 in Bandung. A total subject of 108 people from minimal sample size of 66 is obtained through non probability sampling technique. Blood pressure was measured on dominant arm at seated position, the measurement was conducted by using mercury, aneroid and digital sphygmomanometer, twice for each device. Blood pressure measurement was conducted by following protocol from 'European Society of Hypertension International Protocol revision 2010 for the validation of blood pressure measuring devices in adults'. The data was analyzed by Paired Sample T-Test for comparing blood pressure measured by mercury, aneroid and digital sphygmomanometer with significance p value < 0.05. Results: Among 108 pairs of data, average systolic measurement using digital (124.57 mmHg) and aneroid (124.31) is similar to mercury (125.01), there was no significant difference of average blood pressure measurement between digital and mercury sphygmomanometer (p = 0.71), between digital and aneroid sphygmomanometer (p = 0.46) and between aneroid and mercury sphygmomanometer (p = 0.71) Conclusion: Digital and aneroid sphygmomanometer can be use to replace mercury sphygmomanometer in a community setting.Background: Digital sphygmomanometer has some advantages compared to the mercury device such as simpler to use, free from mercury, and accurate. Blood pressure measuring in community setting has different characteristics to those in clinical setting. The aim of this research is to test the mean difference between the digital and mercury sphygmomanometer measurement in community setting.Methods: This is a cross-sectional research. The blood pressure of 56 subjects recruitted with convenient sampling are measured using the digital and mercury sphygmomanometer. This research was done in Jatinangor from April through October 2014. The data was analyzed using the Paired T-Test. Results:The mean systolic blood pressure using digital sphygmomanometer is 124.78 (SD 24.23) and the mean diastolic is 78.22 (SD 12.83). The mean systolic blood pressure using mercury sphygmomanometer is 124.70 (SD 22.51) and mean diastolic is 74.60 (SD 13.47). The mean result of measurements from the digital and mercury sphygmomanometer has a significant difference (P value 0.00). Conclusion:There is a significant difference from the result of the blood pressure measurement using digital and mercury sphygmomanometer in community setting.Background: Blood pressure measurement in a survey often depends on the subjects' availability. It can be conducted at morning, noon or afternoon. Blood pressure is influenced by the circadian rhythm. The purpose of this study was to discover the differences of blood pressure in three measurement times, which were morning, noon and afternoon. Methods:The study was an analytical cross sectional study conducted in the period of April -October 2014 in Cimahi. A minimum sample size of 66 people was needed for non probability sampling technique. Blood pressure was measured bas...
Results: Among the 626 participants, 229 had hypertension during measurement and 147 were aware of the diagnosis, of those who were aware of the diagnosis the majority (111) were receiving pharmacological treatment but only minority receiving treatment were controlled (24). Conclusions:The prevalence of hypertension in Jatinangor is high, whereas awareness, treatment and controlled are still poor.Background: 24 -hour Sodium urine is the gold standard for estimating daily sodium intake. Although it is the gold standard, it is expensive and difficult to obtain a good sample. Alternatively, we can use food frequency questionnaire, which is relatively cheap and easy to obtain. The purpose of this study is to know the correlation between sodium scoring of a food frequency questionnaire and predictive 24-hour sodium urine.Methods: Thiscross -sectional correlative study was taken from29 people, aged 18-59 years old in Jatinangor. The food list of the questionnaire used in this study was modified based on a qualitative study in Jatinangor. The sodium content of the food was calculated by computer software based on the general recipe of 20people in Jatinangor, which was obtained by the same qualitative study. Afternoon spot urine sample was used as the replacement of 24 -hour urine sample, then the sodium level of the spot urine was converted to 24 -hour sodium urine by Tanaka formula. The correlation was analyzed by using computer software. Results:The correlation between food frequency questionnaire scoring and predictive 24-hour sodium that is analyzed with pearson method was insignificant (r = −0.169, p = 0.381) Conclusions:The correlation is insignificant, this result may arise due to some confounders and limitation of the study.Background: Globally, the prevalence of hypertension reaches 40%. Hypertension is the third cause of death after stroke and tuberculosis in Indonesia. Its prevalence reaches 26.5%. The correct use of drug therapy is one of the factors controlling blood pressure in patients with hypertension in order to prevent its complications. This study was conducted to assess the correlation between the correct use of drug therapy and achievement of controlled blood pressure.Methods: This study was conducted in Jatinangor from April to November 2014. Thedata used in this study wasthe secondary data from previous study, "Epidemiology ofHypertension and Albuminuria in Jatinangor". This study was an analytical comparative study with cross-sectional approach. Minimum sample required 86 respondents. The correct use of drug therapy defined as correct in term of name, dose, frequency, combination and current use of drug; achievement of blood pressure control defined as normal blood pressure on direct examination. Data were processed using Fisher's exact test.Results: Among 88 respondents who underwent drug therapy, there were8 (9.1%) respondent underwent drug therapy correctly; 22 respondents achieved controlled blood pressure but none of them underwent correct drug therapy. The results showed that there is no c...
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