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The Relationship Between the Perception of Traditional Medicine Use and the Quality of Community Life in Pulungdowo Village, Tumpang Sub-District, Malang Regency Anggi Restyana; Khalimatus Nur Eka Agustanti; Lisa Savitri; Nur Fahma Laili
Journal for Quality in Public Health Vol. 4 No. 1 (2020): Journal for Quality in Public Health
Publisher : Master of Public Health Program Institut Ilmu Kesehatan STRADA Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30994/jqph.v4i1.139

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Background Public interest in use of traditional medicines in Indonesia is high. Community in Pulungdowo is one of them. Use of traditional medicines can support the QoL community for their safety and benefits. Measurement of QoL was carried out using Short Form (SF-36). Purpose was to determine relationship between perception of the use of traditional medicine and QoL of the community in Pulungdowo. Methods used descriptive analytic method with quantitative approach using purposive sampling method. Retrieval of research data used questionnaires distributed to 100 respondents in Pulungdowo. Result perception of the use of traditional medicine obtained a total score of 29; mean = 25.65 and SD = 4.89. On QoL of community showed results of average value of each sub-variable QoL that is more than 50. Analysis test of relationship between perception of the use of traditional medicines with QoL, results obtained with a sig 0,000. Conclusion respondents perceptions on the use of traditional medicines was good which meant that respondents could receive and process information well about the use of traditional medicines. In addition, QoL of community after using traditional medicines was also said to be good. Results of the analysis of relationship between perception of the use of traditional medicine and QoL of Pulungdowo showed that there was a relationship between perception of the use of traditional medicine and QoL community. It is needed to improve health promotion programs such as counselling about introduction of traditional medicine types regarding to large number of people only know herbal medicines.
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Of Ceftriaxon And Chloramphenicol In Pediatric Patients With Tyfoid Fever In Hospital X, Jombang Regency Anggi Restyana; Wika Admaja; Nunki Rosa Fitria
Journal for Quality in Public Health Vol. 6 No. 2 (2023): May
Publisher : Master of Public Health Program Institut Ilmu Kesehatan STRADA Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30994/jqph.v6i2.446

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Typhoid fever is a disease caused by infection by the bacterium Salmonella typhi which infects the human digestive tract. Typhoid fever is spread all over the world, it is estimated that the incidence is between 11-21 million cases per year with a death rate reaching 215,000 (Rampengan, 2016). The main treatment for typhoid fever is by administering antibiotics and also bed rest. The first antibiotic administered as therapy for typhoid fever was chloramphenicol. But along with technological developments which affect the drug development as well, many new antibiotics for typhoid fever have been discovered, such as ceftriaxone antibiotic (Rampengan, 2016). This study aims to find out a more cost-effective therapy for the treatment in pediatric patients with typhoid fever in Jombang Public Hospital. This study used a cross-sectional research design with retrospective data collection. The samples in this study were 31 pediatric patients with typhoid fever with 16 patients were administering ceftriaxone injection antibiotic therapy and 15 patients were administering chloramphenicol injection antibiotic therapy. Data were identified using the cost-effectiveness analysis of ACER and ICER calculations with the long-of-stay therapy outcome. The results showed that ceftriaxone had a lower ACER value of IDR 1,687,279.88 with an effectiveness of 100%, compared to the ACER of chloramphenicol which had value of IDR 2,336,405.29 with an effectiveness of 86.67%. From these results it was concluded that ceftriaxone is more cost-effective than chloramphenicol.