The Relative Effectiveness of Al-Qur'an Murotal and Classical Music Therapy on Improving Concentration Ability Inautistic Children at SLB Semesta, Sooko, Mojokerto

Background: Autistic children have cognitive limitation. Autism affects the concentration disorder, which has a great impact on the learning process. Music therapy may increase the concentration of austistic children. This study aimed to determine the relative effectiveness between Al-qur’an murrotal and classical music in improving the concentration ability of children with autism. Subjects and Method: This was a randomized control trial conducted at SLB Semesta Luar Biasa, Sooko, Mojokerto, East Java. A sample of 16 autistic children was selected for this study and randomized into two groups: (1) the experimental group who received Al-qurán murrotal, (2) the control group who received classical music. The dependent variable was concentration ability. The independent variable was type of music therapy. The data were collected by questionnaire and observation. Mean difference in concentration ability between the two groups was tested by t-test. Results: At the baseline, the concentration ability in the Al-quran murrotal group (mean= 6.38; SD= 3.07) was comparable with the classical music group (mean= 6.00; SD= 2.62), and it was statistically non-significant (p= 0.794), indicating the randomization process had distributed all variables equally into the two groups. After the intervention, the concentration ability in the murrotal group (mean= 11.38; SD= 3.25) was higher than in the classical music group (mean= 8.50; SD= 2.67), but it was not statistically significant (p= 0.073). Conclusion: The effectiveness of Al-qurán murrotal intervention and classical music therapy is comparable in improving concentration ability in children with autism. Keywords: concentration ability, autistic children, Al-qur’an Murrotal, classical musi

Effectiveness of Green Tea Feeding to Decrease Cholesterollin Hipercolestrol Patients at Village Tunggal Pager District Pungging Mojokerto Regency

Cholesterol disease is commonly suffered by obese people but did not rule out skinny people can also experience it. Green tea is one method in the management of cholesterol reduction in non-pharmacology. Green tea has the benefit of lowering cholesterol. The purpose of this researcher to analyze the effectiveness of green tea to decrease cholesterol. The design of this study used pre-experiment with one group pre-test posttest. The population of 21 respondents using non-probability sampling with total sampling technique. The variables of this study were cholesterol first performed cholesterol assessment, independent variables Effectiveness of green tea and dependent variable decreased cholesterol levels. The results before the green tea were given most of the high cholesterol as many as 13 respondents (61.9%), after being given a green tea for one week most of the cholesterol to 13 respondents (61.9%). The Wilcoxon statistic test obtained a significant value of 0.005 and showed that there was a considerable effect of green tea on cholesterol reduction. The conclusion from the researchers is there is a significant effect of the effectiveness of green tea on changes in cholesterol levels. Cholesterol treatment performed twice a day morning and night regularly for one week. This research can also be applied in nursing care on respondents who experienced cholesterol and as well as prevention efforts cholesterol. &nbsp

The Effect of Red Sesbania (Sesbania Grandiflora L.pers) Leaves Extract Administration on the Decrease of Leukocyte Level in Post-partum Mice (Mus Musculus) Infected with Streptococcus Agalactiae

Introduction: Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) is indicator of public health degree. The cause of maternal mortality is postpartum infection. Streptococcus agalactiae bacterium contributes to postpartum infection incidence through vaginal or reproductive organ injury. Infection incidence is characterized with the increased level of leukocyte. The treatment of post-partum infection is done by administering antibiotics. Red sesbania leaves contains active substance that can inhibit the microbial growth. Objective: This research aimed to find out the effect of red sesbania leaves extract administration as antimicrobial agent to decrease leukocyte level in post partum mice (Mus musculus) infected with Streptococcus agalactiae. Method: The method employed was true experimental one with post test control group design, by dividing postpartum mice into 4 groups: one control group and three treatment groups at doses of 125 mg/kgBW, 250 mg/kgBW, and 500 mg/kgBW. All 0-12 hour post partum mice were inoculated with Streptococcus agalactiae bacterium. The administration of 1 ml red sesbania leaves extract in treatment group was conducted 2 hours after the bacterial administration at doses of 125 mg/kgBW, 250 mg/kgBW, and 500 mg/kgBW. Result: The result of analysis shows p < 0.05, indicating that the decrease of leukocyte level in all treatment groups (P1, P2, P3). Conclusion: Red sesbania leaves extract has antimicrobial activity that can reduce leukocyte level, thereby can be used as an alternative therapy to decrease maternal mortality rate due to post-partum infectin. KEYWORDS Red sesbania leaves extract, postpartum mice, leukocyte level, Streptococcus agalactiae