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Althea Medical Journal
Published by Universitas Padjadjaran
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Althea Medical Journal (AMJ) is a peer reviewed electronic scientific publication journal which is published every 3 months (March, June, September, and December). Althea Medical Journal publishes articles related to research in biomedical sciences, clinical medicine, family-community medicine, and public health.
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Effect of Dates (Phoenix Dactilyfera L) on Male Infertility Semalina Wahyudi; R.A. Retno Ekowati; Andi Rinaldi
Althea Medical Journal Vol 2, No 1 (2015)
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  Background: Infertility can be caused by prolonged use of paracetamol that leads to a decrease in the sperm concentration, motility, and morphology. Dates (Phoenix Dactilyfera L) have natural antioxidant effects through several mechanisms, such as neutralizing free radicals, against NO, OH, and H2O2, and also preventing lipid peroxidation. This study aimed to investigate the effect of dates on sperm concentration, motility, and morphology. Methods: An experimental study was conducted in the Laboratory of Cell Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, during October–November 2012. Twenty two infertile male wistar rats were divided randomly into 2 groups. Group A was given 72 mg paracetamol/rat/day orally and group B was given 72 mg paracetamol/rat/day orally and 80% dates infusion/rat/day orally for 28 days and on the 29th day, sperm concentration, motility, and morphology were measured. Results were analyzed using unpaired t-testor Mann Whitney test. Result: In the control group, 502.73(100.66) sperm concentrations were compared to 397.55(143.07) in the treatment group. However, the sperm concentration mean in the treatment group was not significantly decreased (p>0.05) compared to the control group. The percentage of progressive sperm motility in the treatment group increased significantly compared to the control group. Meanwhile, the percentage of nonprogressive immotal sperm morphology was not significantly decreased. The percentage of normal sperm in the treatment group increased significantly (p<0.05) than the control group, while the percentage of abnormal sperm in the treatment group decreased significantly (p<0.05) compared to the control group. Conclusion: The dates affect sperm motility and morphology of infertile rats.Keywords: Dates, infertility, paracetamol, sperm DOI: 10.15850/amj.v2n1.437 
Visual Acuity of Patients after Neodymium:Yttrium-Aluminium-Garnet Laser at Cicendo Eye Hospital in 2013-2014 Lee Pei Yie; Budiman Budiman; Ihrul Prianza Prajitno
Althea Medical Journal Vol 3, No 1 (2016)
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Background: Indonesia ranks the second highest in blindness worldwide. One of the factors that may cause blindness is posterior capsule opacification (PCO), a secondary cataract that developed after cataract surgery. PCO eventually leads to visual impairment. The common management for PCO is neodymium:yttrium-aluminium-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser posterior capsulotomy. It is an effective, non-invasive, and painless procedure. The aim of this study was to describe the visual acuity of PCO patients after Nd: YAG laser posterior capsulotomy.Methods: A descriptive study was conducted based on simple randomized secondary data from Cicendo Eye Hospital, Bandung from January 2013 to August 2014.Results: Out of 102 patients, 53 patients (51.96%) were male and 49 (48.04%) were females. The male to female ratio was 1:1. The maximum number of patients was at age group of 60−69 years (33.33%). Sixty−nine patients (67.65%) presented mild or no visual impairment uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) post-laser. Eighty-nine patients (87.25%) presented mild or no visual impairment best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) post-laser. Generally, 94 patients (92.16%) showed improvement of visual acuity after Nd:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy. Three patients (2.49%) were suffering from blindness UCVA post-laser and 1 patient (0.98%) falls at blindness BCVA post-laser respectively.Conclusions: Improvement of visual acuity is achieved after Nd:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy in PCO patients. [AMJ.2016;3(1):99–102]DOI: 10.15850/amj.v3n1.719
Perception of Mothers on Adequate Nutrition Darshini Valoo; Aly Diana; Sharon Gondodiputro
Althea Medical Journal Vol 4, No 1 (2017)
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Background: Malnutrition in children less than 5 years old persists around the world. In West Java and one of the districts of West Java (Sumedang), the prevalence of malnutrition is about 18.5% and 15.8% respectively.  Numerous factors can lead to child malnutrition. Difficulties in availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of food can be contributing factors. A good perception of mother on adequate nutrition can improve children’s nutritional status. This study was conducted to study the perception of mothers with children 2 to 5 years old on adequate nutrition. Methods: Most of the respondents had good perception on the aspect of adequate nutrition.  Results showed perception on availability was 83.8%, physical accessibility was 97.1%, economical accessibility was 98.6%, information accessibility was 84.8% and acceptability was 81.0%. However, perception of respondents on good quality nutrition for the main meal and additional food was still poor. Moreover, there are taboos for eating shrimp and watermelon. Additionally, children were given snacks in large amount.Results: There was a strong correlation between mid-upper arm muscle area/size and muscular strength (correlation cooefficient 0.746). Moreover, the higher the Body Mass Index, the stronger the muscle strength was to some point. If the BMI was more than 25 kg/m2, this findings did not occurred. Conclusions: This study reveals that the perception of mothers on good quality food is poor regardless the good results on availibility, accesibility and acceptability. [AMJ.2017;4(1):87–93] DOI: 10.15850/amj.v4n1.1027
Exclusive and Non-Exclusive Breastfeeding among Stunted and Normal 6–9 Month-Old-Children in Jatinangor Subdistrict, Indonesia Viramitha Kusnandi Rusmil; Tri Oktaviani Prahastuti; Dimas Erlangga Luftimas; Tisnasari Hafsah
Althea Medical Journal Vol 6, No 1 (2019)
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Background: Stunting has become a public health problem in Indonesia, with the prevalence of stunting is 37.2% nationally and 25.6% in West Java. One of the causes of stunting is malnutrition that may occur because of not giving exclusive breastfeeding on the first 1000 days of life (FDL). The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was difference between exclusive and non-exclusive breastfeeding among stunted and normal 6–9 month-old-children. Methods: This study was conducted using a cross-sectional analytic study during August-October 2018 with consecutive sampling method. This study involved 110 pairs of mothers and children aged 6-9 months who resided in villages which were within the work area of Jatinangor Public Health Center. Nutritional status was determined based on length-for-age z score according to WHO. The type of breastfeeding was known based on the questionnaire. Data was analyzed by chi square test. Result: There were 60 of 110 children (54.5%) who did not receive exclusive breastfeeding. The incidence of stunting in children was 12.7% (14 of 110), of whom 10 children had no exclusive breastfeeding (p>0.05).Conclusions: Although the incidence of stunting is higher in non-exclusive breastfeeding group, there is no difference in the proportion of stunting in children aged 6–9 months between those who are exclusively breastfed and those who are not, however, exclusive breastfeeding is encouraged.
Knowledge, Attitude and Nutritional Status in Pregnant Women Wiwit Widiastuti; Kuswandewi Mutyara; Amillia Siddiq
Althea Medical Journal Vol 2, No 2 (2015)
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Background: Nutrition during pregnancy is essential for a healthy pregnancy and childbirth. Malnutritionduring pregnancy may cause a negative impact for both mother and fetus. Pregnant women have to replenishtheir nutritional intake so they have to know nutritional needs for pregnancy. This study aims to evaluatethe association between knowledge towards the attitude and nutritional status among pregnant women inJatinangor Primary Health Care.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study and the subjects were 75 pregnant women selected by consecutive sampling while they attending Puskesmas Jatinangor for antenatal follow up in October until November2012. Knowledge and attitude was assessed using a questionnaire. The level of knowledge and attitudes were categorized into insufficient, sufficient and good. Nutritional status was assessed by measuring themid upper arm circumference. The level of nutritional status was categorized into good nutritional statusand lower nutritional status.Result: Out of 75 respondents, 24 respondents had good knowledge, 39 respondents had sufficientknowledge and 12 respondents had insufficient knowledge. 15 respondents had good attitude, 51respondents had sufficient attitude, 9 had insufficient attitude. 62 respondents had good nutritional statusand 13 respondents had lower nutritional statusConclusion: Most of subjects have sufficient knowledge and attitude, and majority of the respondents havegood nutritional status. There was significant relationship between knowledge and attitude (p=0.02) andno significant relationship between knowledge and nutrition status (p=0.666). Based on this study, it isexpected to conduct further study about other factors which affect the knowledge, attitude, and practice ofpregnant women to improve the nutritional status. [AMJ.2015;2(1):231–4]
Correlation between Calorie Intake and Nutritional Status of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children Aryo Windaru; Fifi Veronica; Dian Marta Sari
Althea Medical Journal Vol 3, No 2 (2016)
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Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a severe pervasive developmental disorder with prevalence as high as one in sixty-eight children. Children diagnosed with ASD may have food intake problem and might affect their nutritional status in the future. The objective of this study was to analyze the correlation between total calorie intake and nutritional status of ASD children.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Indigrow Child Development and Autism Center involving 16 patients from October to November 2015. Total calorie intake was assessed by 24-hour food recall and nutritional status was measured by Z-score. Correlation was analyzed using Spearman’s Rho. Results: Overweight and obesity were found in 10 out of 16 ASD children assessed. Total calorie intake was not significantly correlated with nutritional status of ASD children (r=0.021, p=0.940).Conclusions: There is no significant relevance between total calorie intake and nutritional status in ASD children at Indigrow Child Development and Autism Center. [AMJ.2016;3(2):320–3]DOI: 10.15850/amj.v3n2.790 
Comparison of Post-Stroke Functional Recovery between Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study Sabrina Anggi Lubis; Novitri Novitri; Ahmad Rizal
Althea Medical Journal Vol 4, No 2 (2017)
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pathophysiologic mechanism that underlies each stroke type may give different outcome in post-stroke patients. This study aimed to compare the improvement of functional outcome between both types of stroke among stroke patients admitted to Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital (RSHS).Methods: Consecutive sampling was carried out on first-ever stroke patients admitted to neurological inpatient unit of RSHS from September 2015 to October 2015. Functional recovery, measured by subtracting Canadian Neurological Scale (CNS) on day-8 and day-1 of admission, was compared among two subgroups and analyzed using Mann-Whitney U test. Baseline characteristics were collected and analyzed.Results: Total of thirteen stroke patients was included in this study: ten ischemic stroke and three hemorrhagic stroke patients. CNS score improvement between ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke patients was not significantly different. However, hemorrhagic stroke had higher score than ischemic stroke with 0.30 CNS score difference.Conclusions: CNS improvement between ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke was not significantly different.  DOI: 10.15850/amj.v4n2.1069
Rural and Urban Differences in the Eye Health of High School Students Andi Kusnawan; Ine Renata Musa; Jimmy Setiadinata
Althea Medical Journal Vol 2, No 3 (2015)
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Background: Visual impairment is a serious health problem. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 80% of the incidence of visual impairment occurring globally could be prevented or treated. Several factors responsible for high rates of uncorrected refractive errors are the lack of awareness about the early detection on the unequal distribution regarding health services and a culture of compliance. This study was aimed to identify the differences of the level of visual acuity and self-perception of the visual functions between high school students in the urban and rural areas.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 94 high school students in two different schools, urban and rural areas during November 2012, using the simple random sampling technique. The study was performed through interviews and examination of visual acuity using Rapid Assessments of Avoidable Blindness. The collected data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney test.Results: A total of 93.6% of respondents had good visual acuity. Self-perception of the visual functioning test showed that most respondents gave good answer. The statistical test using Mann-Whitney showed that there was no difference in level of visual acuity and self-perception of visual function between urban and rural students (p>0.05).Conclusions: Most of the high school students have good visual acuity and good self-perception of their visual function but there is no difference between rural and urban areas. DOI: 10.15850/amj.v2n3.507
Effects of Bengkoang (Pachyrhizus erosus (L) Urb Juice in Hampering Blood Glucose in Rat Models Adrian Dwiputra Widyarman; Emma Nurdiamah; Nanny Natalia Muliani Soetedjo
Althea Medical Journal Vol 1, No 1 (2014)
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Background : The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Indonesia tends to increase and is predicted to reach 21.3 millions in 2030. Bengkoang (Pachyrhizus erosus (L) Urb. is one of the traditional medicine frequently used in diabetes treatment.The objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of bengkoang juice in hampering blood glucose increase.Methods : Fourty alloxan-induced diabetic Wistar rats were used in this study. After 16 hours of fasting, the blood glucose was measured using glucometer EasyTouch Blood Glucose/Cholesterol/Uric Acid Multi-Function Monitoring System. The positive control group was given 7 ml of distilled water and 50% glucose solution with 2.5 g/kg dosage while the study group were given 7 ml of bengkoang juice and 50% glucose solution with 2.5 g/kg dosage. Blood glucose was re-checked after 2 hours. This procedure was performed in October 2012.The results were analyzed using Student’s T-test with α = 0.05.Results: The result shows a significant difference in blood glucose increase between the control and study groups with a score of 121.11 mg/dL and 324.45 mg/dL respectively. This result shows that bengkoang juice increases blood glucose level in Wistar rats.Conclusions: In conclusion, bengkoang (Pachyrhizus erosus (L) Urb. juice has no effect in hampering the blood glucose level increase in Wistar rats. [AMJ.2014;1(1):25–9]Keywords: Alloxan, blood glucose, diabetes mellitus, Pachyrhizus erosus (L) Urb. Pengaruh Bengkoang (Pachyrhizus erosus (L) Urb Juice dalam Menghambat Glukosa Darah pada TikusLatar Belakang: Prevalensi diabetes mellitus di Indonesia cenderung meningkat dan diperkirakan mencapai 21,3 juta pada tahun 2030. Bengkoang (Pachyrhizus erosus ( L ) Urb adalah salah satu obat tradisional yang sering digunakan untuk pengobatan diabetes. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menilai efektivitas jus bengkoang dalam menghambat peningkatan glukosa darah.Metode: Empat puluh tikus Wistar yang telah diinduksi diabetes aloksan digunakan dalam penelitian ini. Setelah 16 jam puasa, glukosa darah diukur dengan menggunakan glucometer Glukosa Darah EasyTouch / Kolesterol / Asam Urat Monitoring System Multi- Function . Kelompok kontrol positif diberi 7 ml air suling dan larutan glukosa 50 % dengan 2,5 g / kg dosis sedangkan kelompok studi diberi 7 ml jus bengkoang dan larutan glukosa 50 % dengan 2,5 g / kg dosis . Glukosa darah diperiksa kembali setelah 2 jam. Prosedur ini dilakukan pada hasil Oktober 2012 dianalisis menggunakan T -test Student dengan α = 0,05.Hasil: Hasil penelitian menunjukkan perbedaan yang signifikan dalam peningkatan glukosa darah antara kelompok kontrol dan kelompok studi dengan skor 121.11 mg / dL dan 324,45 mg / dL masing-masing . Hasil ini menunjukkan bahwa jus bengkoang meningkatkan kadar glukosa darah pada tikus Wistar .Simpulan: Bengkoang ( Pachyrhizus erosus ( L ) Urb jus tidak berpengaruh dalam menghambat kenaikan kadar glukosa darah pada tikus Wistar .Kata kunci: Aloksan , glukosa darah , diabetes mellitus , Pachyrhizus erosus ( L ) Urb. DOI: 10.15850/amj.v1n1.293
Knowledge and Risk Factors for Osteoporosis among Pre-elderly Muhammad Ramdhani; Dicky Mulyadi; Nita Arisanti
Althea Medical Journal Vol 2, No 4 (2015)
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Background: Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by abnormal loss of bone density resulting in bones that are brittle and liable to fracture. Most cases of fracture in the world are due to osteoporosis. In Indonesia, the prevalence of osteopenia (early osteoporosis) and of osteoporosis are relatively high. One of the causes of this situation is the low level of public knowledge about how to prevent osteoporosis. This study was conducted to identify the knowledge and risk of osteoporosis among pre-elderly at CipacingVillage Jatinangor District in 2014.Methods: This descriptive study was conducted at Cipacing Village Jatinangor District to 160 respondents who were classified as pre-elderly (aged 45-59 years) and assessed on knowledge and risk factors forosteoporosis through questionnaire-guided interviews after the informed consent was obtained. The collected data were presented using frequency distribution.Results: A total of 100 respondents (62.5%) had good knowledge about osteoporosis-related information, including definitions, causes, risk factors, signs and symptoms, impacts, and prevention. Most respondents,79 respondents (49.4%), are at risk for osteoporosis.Conclusions: Knowledge of osteoporosis among pre-elderly at Cipacing Village Jatinangor District are largely classified into “good knowledge” category. [AMJ.2015;2(4):608–14] DOI: 10.15850/amj.v2n4.659

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