The Family Roles to Prevention of Drug Abuse in Adolescents

@#Drug abuse is one of the problems among adolescents that were found to be increasing every year. Around 2 million people use drugs in Indonesia and most of the users are 13-17 years old. Therefore, the participation of all parties is needed to overcome this, but first and foremost is the role of the family is vital. Based on the above background, the authors investigated the role of families in the prevention of drug abuse in adolescents. Drug abuse is regarded as a threat that sooner or later can destroy the young generation. The research was aimed to analyze the family roles in the prevention of drug abuse among adolescents. A literature search was conducted from journals through Google scholar, proques, and pubmed between 2014-2019. A total of 20 studies were analyzed regarding the roles of the family that influences the prevention of drug abuse among adolescents.

Decision Making of Patients With End-stage Chronic Kidney Disease for Hemodialysis

@#Introduction: Chronic kidney disease is a public health problem in the world which is increasing every year. Hemodialysis is one of the methods commonly used for patients with end-stage chronic kidney disease. However, hemodialysis does not cure the disease and requires long term therapy. So, the patient's decision whether to undergo hemodialysis, is crucial. Methods: This study is aimed to identify the factors associated with decision making in patients with end-stage chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis in the Bahteramas General Hospital of Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. This study is a descriptive-analytic study using a cross-sectional design to observe the relationship between patients' decision making for hemodialysis. Results: A total of 34 patients with end-stage chronic kidney disease were chosen by accidental sampling technique. Analysis of the data was done by the Chi-Square test. The results of this study showed that age, level of knowledge, and family support have a significant relationship with the patient's decision for hemodialysis. The distance of home and economic status showed no relationship with the patient's decision to undergo hemodialysis. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study it can be concluded that age, level of knowledge and family support is related to the patient's decision to hemodialysis in the Bahteramas General Hospital of Southeast Sulawesi Province.