Titik Respati

Universitas Islam Bandung · Faculty of Medicine

Background A good understanding of health-related information is crucial for people to make informed decisions about their well-being. Mental health disorders like depression and anxiety can have a significant impact on one's quality of life. Unfortunately, not everyone has equal access to resources and health education, hindering their health lite...

Background Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (CEmONC) at a tertiary hospital aims to provide sub-specialistic care for life-threatening maternal and neonatal emergency cases. The performance of healthcare workers (HCWs) is a key determinant of the quality of this hospital service, as it could eventually affect the clinical outcome...

Loyalitas kerja yang tinggi pada karyawan dicerminkan dari sikap karyawan yang mencurahkan kemampuan dan keahliannya ketika melaksanakan tugas dengan tanggung jawab, disiplin, dan jujur dalam bekerja. Cerminan loyalitas kerja tersebut erat kaitannya dengan organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) dan work life balance, sehingga penelitian bertujua...

Background Health workers’ performance is essential to the effective delivery of hospital healthcare services, which can determine the quality of care and patient safety. Employees’ job performance becomes more crucial for tertiary hospitals where advanced and subspecialty care is provided to treat high-risk and critical emergency patients. Object...

In tertiary hospitals, comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care (CEmONC) provides subspecialty care for high-risk maternal and neonatal emergency cases. Healthcare workers (HCWs) play critical roles in hospital services, and their perception affects the quality of care they provide. Hence, this study was conducted to analyze the factors i...

This study aimed to explore healthcare team members’ perspectives towards the factors that can contribute to the quality improvement of comprehensive emergency obstetric and neonatal care (CEmONC) services at a tertiary hospital. This qualitative descriptive study used convenience sampling to collect the sample. The inclusion criteria were the heal...

The COVID-19 outbreak demonstrates how unprepared the world is for a different type of crisis, especially non-physical calamities. Revitalizing community involvement in disaster management is essential for making a community resilient. Due to differing sociocultural contexts, the resilience perceptions of communities in different parts of the world...

Background: Hand hygiene reminders for healthcare workers (HCWs) are commonly used to empower patients. However, this approach overlooks the role of family carers in delivering direct contact care in Asian countries. Limited knowledge exists regarding empowerment strategies for patients and their family carers in infection prevention and control (...

Background: Eating habits are formed from childhood and develop into adulthood. Unhealthy eating habits will persist into adulthood and can lead to various diseases. Healthy eating and behaviour should be taught using engaging tools. The study aims to pilot nutrition education using the game-based learning approach, implementing a specially designe...

The many demands faced by first-year medical students can impact mental health. For students to function well, resilience is needed. This study aimed to determine the relationship between resilience knowledge and the mental health of first-year medical students. This quantitative study was conducted at the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Islam Ban...

Several tests have been developed for Covid-19 diagnosis. One of these tests is a PCR examination with a swab sample. The infection transmission risk to health workers during swab sampling is very high so an adequate protection standard is paramount. A special PPE for Covid-19 specimens’ collection that is safer and can be used for a long time need...

Incidences of cancer have increased sharply throughout the world. The process of finding a targeted cancer drug takes a long time and a lot of money. One method that can help overcome this is computational methods, such as virtual screening. It can be an important alternative in early-stage drug discovery. The aim of this study is to explore and an...

COVID-19 attacks the respiratory system, especially the lung. Therefore, it is necessary to examine the lung radiology of COVID-19 patients to plan the best treatment. This study aimed to describe radiological features in deceased patients at a hospital in Bandung, Indonesia. This study uses secondary data from the medical records of deceased COVID...

Background Poor compliance with infection prevention and control (IPC) measures has been a longstanding issue globally. To date, healthcare workers (HCWs) have been the primary target for policy and strategy revisions. Recent studies exploring the contributing factors to the spread of COVID-19 across countries in Asia have suggested that the scope...

There are various debates regarding the halal Covid-19 vaccine controversy from various parties on social media, which greatly affects the success rate of handling Covid-19. Good digital literacy for the public should be carried out so that it does not cause polemics and public opinion that hinders the handling of Covid-19. Discussions about the pr...

The potential for developing a halal ecosystem is one of the leading programs in various Muslim countries globally. One of the key elements in this case is the existence of halal tourism which is also supported by medical tourism. An important factor in medical tourism is the hospital. Hospitals are the most complex services for human life and live...

Introduction Several studies exhibited varying reports of perception toward vaccine effectiveness, vaccine hesitancy, and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines. As this fluctuated with evidence generation, this study explored the perception toward vaccine effectiveness in rural and urban communities among various countries. Methods A cross-sectional stu...

Introduction It is clear that medical science has advanced much in the past few decades with the development of vaccines and this is even true for the novel coronavirus outbreak. By late 2020, COVID-19 vaccines were starting to be approved by national and global regulators, and across 2021, there was a global rollout of several vaccines. Despite ro...

Introduction: Several studies exhibited varying reports of perception toward vaccine eectiveness, vaccine hesitancy, and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines. As this fluctuated with evidence generation, this study explored the perception toward vaccine eectiveness in rural and urban communities among various countries. Methods: A cross-sectional study...

East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) is still endemic for DHF, as in Kupang city. This study aim was to analyze the relationship between Aedes sp praimago density and the DHF incidence in Kupang City. This observational analytic study with a case control design was conducted in 25 urban villages in Kupang City using Cluster sampling. The independent variables...

The ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the agent of tuberculosis (TB) to live in the air is generally very dependent on environmental factors, which can cause bacteria to last long in the air and increase the risk of transmission of TB. The research purpose was to analyze the relationship between the physical environment condition and the num...

Background Family members provide care whilst staying in the patient’s room across a range of cultural settings, irrespective of resource availability in many Asian countries. This has been reported as a contributing factor to the spread of several outbreaks, including COVID-19. Despite these reports, very little is known about the risk of healthca...

Nowadays, Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is still a significant health problem. Including in Kupang City. The existence of transovarial infection of Dengue virus is essential to know to support the prevention to be more effective and efficient. This study aimed to determine the existence of transovarial infectious and the serotypes variability of...

COVID-19 merupakan masalah kesehatan masyarakat yang terjadi di seluruh dunia. Namun demikian, pengetahuan mengenai transmisi vertikal COVID-19 belum terlalu banyak. Beberapa penelitian mengenai transmisi vertikal menghasilkan outcome yang berbeda-beda. Pemahaman mengenai transmisi vertikal sangat dibutuhkan agar peneliti dan tenaga kesehatan dapat...

Background: Mass vaccination campaigns have significantly reduced the COVID-19 burden. However, vaccine hesitancy has posed significant global concerns. The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics that influence perceptions of COVID-19 vaccine efficacy, acceptability, hesitancy and decision making to take vaccine among general ad...

COVID-19 is a health problem that originated in Wuhan, China, and spread throughout the world causing the COVID-19 pandemic. The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 spreads quickly to people who have a high risk of SARS-CoV-2, one of which is pregnant women. Pregnant women who experience COVID-19 are feared to be able to transmit their infectious pathogen...

Background Vaccines are effective and reliable public health interventions against viral outbreaks and pandemics. However, hesitancy regarding the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is evident worldwide. Therefore, understanding vaccination-related behavior is critical in expanding the vaccine coverage to flatten the infection curve. This study...

Proper sanitation will ensure the community is healthy and reduce most infectious diseases' transmission, especially water-borne diseases. Open defecation has a significant effect on public health. Sanitation coverage data from the Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia in 2018 shows that open defecation is still high, including in Bandung city....

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a shift in learning methods to online. The obstacles felt by college students can have an impact on mental health. However, data on student mental health in Indonesia during the pandemic is still limited. This study describes the depression, anxiety, and stress of college students in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pa...

Background: Eating habits are formed from childhood and develop into adulthood. Unhealthy eating habits will persist into adulthood and can lead to various diseases. Healthy eating and behaviour should be taught using engaging tools. The study aims to pilot nutrition education using the game-based learning approach, implementing a specially designe...

Safe drinking water availability remains crucial problem in urban-slum areas. Boiling and household filtration are the most frequent water-treatment methods; water-refill is a growing industry providing affordable drinking water for low-middle income households in developing countries. This study compared the efficacy and annual infection risk afte...

Bajakah wood contains phenolic compounds, flavonoids, tannins, and saponins with anticancer activity. The discovery and development of new drugs require several stages. In the process, there are many possibilities of adding other substances to form new active substances or as solvents that allow drug preparations to be doubtful of halalness. Hence,...

The COVID-19 pandemic can lead to students' mental health problems, such as anxiety, depression, and stress. The government's policy for study from home exacerbates mental health problems. This study aimed to determine the source of student stress during the study from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study design used qualitative research. T...

The COVID-19 pandemics caused an unprecedented mortality, distress, and globally poses a challenge to mental resilience. To our knowledge, this is the first study that aimed to investigate the psychological distress among the adult general population across 13 countries. This cross-sectional study was conducted through online survey by recruiting 7...

The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become a public health emergency. The speed at which COVID-19 become pandemic and spread all over the world is alarming. A critical aspect of this type of pandemic is on the mental health of the community. This survey aimed to describe psychological distress in Indonesia's general population during the COVID-1...

The COVID-19 pandemics caused an unprecedented mortality, distress, and globally poses a challenge to mental resilience. To our knowledge, this is the first study that aimed to investigate the psychological distress among the adult general population across 13 countries. This cross-sectional study was conducted through online survey by recruiting 7...

The pandemic of coronavirus (COVID-19) causes another infectious disease such as dengue is neglected in Indonesia. Since the majority of resources, both human and capital, are focusing more on COVID-19, it is still essential to also manage dengue as it is still becoming a threat to the community. This study aims to predict the number of cases of de...

Tuberkulosis masih menjadi penyakit infeksi menular yang paling berbahaya di dunia. Indonesia menjadi negara dengan jumlah kasus tuberkulosis terbanyak di dunia. Indonesia menempati peringkat kedua bersama Tiongkok. Tuberkulosis suatu penyakit menular yang disebabkan oleh kuman Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Proses terjadinya infeksi oleh Mycobacteriu...

Penemuan antimikrob menjadi hal yang sangat penting dalam pengobatan dan kemajuan medis. Tantangan dalam pengobatan menggunakan antibiotik adalah resistensi bakteri terhadap antibiotik yang digunakan. Salah satu bakteri yang mengalami resistensi adalah Staphylococcus aureus. Oleh karena itu, diteliti alternatif pengobatan dengan menggunakan tumbuha...

Penyakit HIV/AIDS selain mengakibatkan dampak kesehatan dapat juga mengakibatkan dampak negatif terhadap psikologi, sosial, dan spiritual pada kualitas hidup orang dengan HIV/AIDS (ODHA). Antiretroviral (ARV) merupakan obat penghambat proses replikasi HIV yang merupakan solusi untuk meningkatkan kualitas hidup dan harapan hidup penderita. Tujuan pe...

Anak jalanan masih menjadi masalah di Indonesia khususnya Kecamatan Tambun Selatan, Kota Bekasi yang mewakili daerah kumuh dan tingkat kriminal yang tinggi. Lingkungan mempengaruhi perilaku anak jalanan yang identik dengan kelalaian perilaku hidup bersih dan sehat (PHBS) sehingga penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui hubungan karakteristik deng...

Nyeri punggung bawah (NPB) menjadi penyebab utama kecatatan di hampir semua negara. NPB merupakan nyeri yang terlokalisasi di bawah costal margin dan di atas gluteal fold. Masih sangat sedikit penelitian mengenai ibu rumah tangga yang mengalami nyeri punggung bawah. Tujuan penelitian ini mengetahui faktor rsiko yang dapat menyebabkan NPB pada ibu R...

Open defecation (OD) atau praktik buang air besar sembarangan merupakan perilaku buruk yang dapat menimbulkan masalah kesehatan dan sanitasi lingkungan. Faktor yang memengaruhi perilaku tersebut di antaranya faktor pengetahuan, kepemilikan jamban, dan kebiasaan masyarakat. Pemerintah membuat program sanitasi total berbasis masyarakat (STBM) agar te...

With the pandemic of Corona Virus [Covid-19], another infectious disease such as dengue neglected In Indonesia. Since the majority of resources, both human and capital, are focusing more on Covid-19, it is still essential to also manage dengue as it is still becoming a threat to the community. This paper aims to predict the number of cases of dengu...

In the development of new drugs as candidates for cancer therapy agents, cytotoxic testing is needed as an initial screening to determine the effect of a natural substance in inhibiting tumour cell growth. One of the active compounds of flavonoid derivatives that are being studied as anticancer is a compound derived from clove leaf oil. The purpose...

Mosquitoes are main vector on the transmission of a number of pathogens include arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), parasitic worms, and protozoa. The diseases include malaria, West Nile virus, chikungunya virus, dengue fever, yellow fever, Rift Valley fever, and many more. This study aims to analyze the breeding places that affect the presence...

The incidence of tuberculosis in Indonesia increases every year, resulted in increased cases of tuberculous lymphadenitis. The histopathological picture is often similar to other types of lymphadenitis. This study was an in-depth exploration of the anatomical pathology of Langhans datia cells and necrosis in tuberculous lymphadenitis. This research...

Recently, the high number of mobile gadget usage by parents has increased its usage by the children, resulting positive and negative effects. One of the negative effects is mental health problems. Therefore, parents should pay attention to their children’s mobile gadget usage and check their emotional status. This research aims at investigating the...

We investigated whether the oral ingestion of aqueous extract of unripe papaya fruit (UPAE), would also induce fatty liver changes by analysing the UPAE-treated mice qualitatively. This study used laboratory experiments which performed by a proposed (new) recommended method with 11 subjects of female mice which were administered with single oral do...

Swamedikasi merupakan upaya individu untuk mengobati penyakit atau gejala yang dikenali sendiri. Swamedikasi dapat menjadi permasalahan kesehatan akibat keterbatasan pengetahuan mengenai obat sehingga akan memengaruhi perilaku seseorang. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mendeskripsikan pengetahuan dan perilaku swamedikasi oleh ibu-ibu di Kelurahan Tama...

Sekolah berbasis agama dan boarding semakin banyak di Indonesia dan pengetahuan tentang personal hygiene terutama saat menstruasi penting untuk mencegah berbagai masalah kesehatan reproduksi yang dapat terjadi. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui perbedaan tingkat pengetahuan tentang personal hygiene saat menstruasi antara siswi pesantren dan s...

Angka penggunaan gadget yang tinggi pada orangtua saat ini mengakibatkan kecenderungan peningkatan penggunaan gadget pada anak dan dapat memberikan dampak positif dan negatif. Salah satu dampak negatif penggunaan gadget pada anak adalah masalah mental emosional sehingga penting bagi orangtua untuk memerhatikan penggunaan gadget pada anak dan memant...

Gonore merupakan infeksi menular seksual yang disebabkan oleh Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Salah satu karakteristik yang memengaruhi seseorang terkena gonore antara lain pengetahuan mengenai infeksi gonore. Gonore memiliki komplikasi seperti epididimitis, orkitis, prostatitis, cowperitis, bahkan infertilitas. Di samping itu, gonore dapat meningkatkan ang...

The number of drinking water refill stations (DWRS) was increased rapidly because high of mid-low urban community need to get affordable drinking water. Water treatment methods in DWRS are varying even many DWRS uses more than one disinfection method to increase the effectiveness. The quality of many DWRS productions was reported unstandardized, ho...

Munculnya kembali demam berdarah sebagai masalah kesehatan masyarakat yang utama menunjukkan sulitnya mempertahankan kelangsungan program pencegahan dan pemberantasan penyakit ini. Pengetahuan yang memadai mengenai demam berdarah dengue (DBD) dan metode untuk mencegahnya harus dapat dimengerti oleh masyarakat sebelum mereka mau berpartisipasi aktif...

Background: Dengue Fever (DF) is a serious disease in Indonesia. The sustainability of a DF prevention program remains constrained despite continuing education programs and community participation efforts. Identifying the issues related to the cause of the disease is a major factor in its control. In this study we try to understand the complex...

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) reemerged as a significant public health problem, which reflects the difficulty in sustaining DHF control program. Community-based strategy to control Aedes aegypti breeding sites needs to be understood. The objective of this study is to understand contributed factors to DHF based on characteristics, the availability...

The proximity of urban area provides fertile ground for the exchange of bacteria, virus and other health problem. One of the diseases which have a close relationship with the environment and people interaction is dengue. At present, it still is one of the major health problems for Indonesia. One method to understand the disease is by using spatial...

Sebuah perjalanan yang cukup panjang telah ditempuh oleh jurnal Global Medical and Health Communication (GMHC) yang berawal di tahun 2012 untuk memberikan ruang bagi para peneliti, dosen, dan pemerhati masalah kesehatan dalam menyampaikan hasil penelitian maupun ide dan metode terbarunya. Diterbitkan oleh Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Islam Bandu...

Pada tahun 2014, Bandung memiliki angka kasus demam dengue (DD) tertinggi dari 27 kabupaten/kota di Jawa Barat. Upaya pengendalian DD telah dilaksanakan sejak beberapa dekade yang lalu. Salah satu upaya adalah dengan mengeliminasi tempat perkembangbiakan nyamuk melalui peran serta masyarakat. Penelitian ini bertujuan menilai partisipasi masyarakat...

Dengue is still one of major health problem in Indonesia. Dengue transmission is influenced by dengue prevention and eradication program, community participation, housing environment and climate. The complexity of the disease coupled with limited resources necessitates different approach for prevention methods that include factors contribute to the...

Tahun 2014 merupakan tahun penting bagi dokter di Indonesia karena mulai diberlakukannya Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN) dan persiapan menjelang Masyarakat Ekonomi ASEAN (MEA) 2015. Alasan tersebut dapat memengaruhi pilihan karier lulusan fakultas kedokteran di Indonesia. Banyak penelitian terkait pemilihan karier kedokteran telah dilakukan di lua...

Demam berdarah dengue tidak saja menimbulkan beban penyakit, akan tetapi juga beban ekonomi yang tinggi bagi individu, keluarga maupun negara. Belum terdapat obat atau vaksin yang efektif telah membatasi pilihan dalam melakukan pencegahan dan pengobatan. Program yang dilaksanakan adalah vektor kontrol untuk membatasi transmisi virus yang memerlukan...