Penggunaan Cytrus Orange sebagai Alternatif Menurunkan Kecemasan Pasien Hemodialisis

This study aims to determine the effect of giving citrus aromatherapy (orange) on anxiety in hemodialysis patients. This research design is pre-experimental with one group pre-post test design. The results of the study using the paired t-test obtained a p-value of 0.000. Before administering citrus aromatherapy (orange), the average anxiety score was 51.20 and after administration of citrus aromatherapy (orange) was 34.45. In conclusion, giving citrus aromatherapy (orange) affects anxiety in hemodialysis patients.   Keywords: Citrus Orange, Hemodialysis, Anxiet

The Effect of Telehomecare application to the knowledge of patient with pulmonary tuberculosis about Tuberculosis disease transmission

Tuberculosis (TB) disease is transmitted through a "droplet infection". Currently it is still very difficult to cut the chain chain of transmission of tuberculosis disease, this is due to lack of knowledge of patients about the prevention of transmission of tuberculosis. Forms of health services to patients with tuberculosis currently focuses on treatment. Education is actually also given but still less than the maximum due to limited time to have a health officer reach too broad. Therefore the use of technology in providing nursing care to tuberculosis patients at home. The technique used is telehomecare, where officers will provide education and followup to tuberculosis patients through cellular telepone. The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of telehomecare application on the knowledge of pulmonary tuberculosis patients about Tuberculosis disease transmission. Method: The design of this study was one group pretest posttest design, conducted from 18 April to 30 June 2012 with a sample of 14 pulmonary tuberculosis patients in the work area of Puskesmas Kanigoro Blitar district taken from the entire population. The data obtained will be analyzed with Wilcoxon Signed Rank test. The results of this study there are differences in knowledge before and after being given education via telehomecare with a value of P = 0.02. Discussion: Telehomecare program can be applied in Puskesmas, clinic or hospital to improve nursing care servic

Pengaruh Aplikasi Telehomecare terhadap Pengetahuan Penderita Tuberculosis Paru tentang Penularan Penyakit Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) disease is transmitted through a "droplet infection". Currently it is still very difficult to cut the chain chain of transmission of tuberculosis disease, this is due to lack of knowledge of patients about the prevention of transmission of tuberculosis. Forms of health services to patients with tuberculosis currently focuses on treatment. Education is actually also given but still less than the maximum due to limited time to have a health officer reach too broad. Therefore the use of technology in providing nursing care to tuberculosis patients at home. The technique used is telehomecare, where officers will provide education and followup to tuberculosis patients through cellular telepone. The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of telehomecare application on the knowledge of pulmonary tuberculosis patients about Tuberculosis disease transmission. Method: The design of this study was one group pretest posttest design, conducted from 18 April to 30 June 2012 with a sample of 14 pulmonary tuberculosis patients in the work area of Puskesmas Kanigoro Blitar district taken from the entire population. The data obtained will be analyzed with Wilcoxon Signed Rank test. The results of this study there are differences in knowledge before and after being given education via telehomecare with a value of P = 0.02. Discussion: Telehomecare program can be applied in Puskesmas, clinic or hospital to improve nursing care servic

The Relationship between Anxiety Levels and Blood Sugar Levels in the Elderly

The increasing age, the more problems faced both physically and mentally such as loneliness, anxiety and depression. The prevalence of anxiety in the elderly is increasing. The increased release of the hormones cortisol and epinephrine in someone who is experiencing anxiety can affect an increase in gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis which results in an increase in blood sugar levels. This study was to analyze the relationship between anxiety levels and blood sugar levels in the elderly. The research design uses a cross sectional approach. The sample for this research was 87 respondents who were taken by purposive sampling from 111 elderly people.  The results of the Pearson correlations test showed that there was a relationship between anxiety and blood sugar levels in the elderly with a p value = 0.000 (<0.05). Therefore, the elderly can control their anxiety to reduce the risk of increasing blood sugar levels which have an impact on the health of the elderl