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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the performance of several sectors, one of which is the quality of maternal and child health services. One of the factors contributing to the decline in the quality of maternal and child health services is limited access during the COVID-19 pandemic. Telemedicine is here as one of the answers to overcome the problem of limited access to health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to analyze the use of telemedicine applications by pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic using the ISO 9241-11 framework. Subjects and Method: This research method is an observational study with a descriptive approach to analyze usability in three measurement aspects namely effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction. The number of samples used was 42 pregnant women who had used telemedicine applications that had been determined during the COVID-19 period with a sampling technique using random sampling. The instrument used is an adaptation of the Standardized Usability Questionnaire (SUQ) which will be analyzed using the Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS) technique to determine the usability score of the application. Results: Based on the results of the Structural Equation Model-Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS) analysis, the ISO 9241-11 model has a goodness-of-fit model with an R-square value of 0.760 and a Q-square value of 0.577 with a Goodness of Fit (GoF) of 0.780. The effectiveness variable has a significant effect on the usability variable of the Teman Bumil application at a significance level of 5% with a statistical T value of 1,955. There is not enough evidence for the efficiency and satisfaction variables to say they have a significant effect on the usability of the Teman Bumil application at a 5% significance level with T-statistic values of 0.866 and 1.452. The usability score for the Friends Pregnant application is 44.45. Conclusion: The usability score obtained by the Teman Bumil application is 44.45, which means that Sahabat Bumil application has not been accepted by users as a system product that can help effectively, efficiently and satisfactorily.
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Muhammadiyah, being one of the religious-based organizations, has its affiliated members comprising 14,9% of the general Indonesian population. The Muhammadiyah Central Board declared an ad-hoc group called the Muhammadiyah COVID-19 Command Centre (MCCC) to combat COVID-19. Among the used media were the third COVID-19 guidelines publications by the MCCC. This study aimed to determine the Muhammadiyah members' understanding of the COVID-19 Revision III Guidelines based on their consistency, clarity, relevance, credibility, and interest. This research was a descriptive qualitative type of study. The eleven informants who participated in this study, determined by purposive sampling, were Muhammadiyah members who lived and worked in the Jakarta. These Informants consisted of various professions, including health workers, teachers, district board members, nurses, drivers, traders, house-wives, and students. Data collection was by online focus group discussions through the zoom cloud meetings platform. Informants discussed the five aspects of the guideline which included consistency, clarity, relevancy, credibility and interest. The contents of the guideline were found to be consistent with other similar guidelines published by the Ministry of Health (MOH). In addition, being affiliated members of the Muhammadi-yah group, informants felt more comfortable trusting the Muhammadiyah-published COVID-19 guidelines. From the clarity and relevance aspect, the informants had positive perspectives on the guidelines. The design of the published guidelines attracted their interest in reading, implementing, and sharing the guidelines with others. However, the guideline did not contain the names of its drafting team nor the introduction by the Central Board leadership. It would have been a very important strategy in strengthening the credibility of the media published by the MCCC. The MCCC needed more enticing plans and methods in the dissemination of its online or printed media to the population. For online media, the published number of pages should be fixed to a less readable number. © 2022, Universitas Negeri Semarang. All rights reserved.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many ways of life, especially among people who experience the infection. The pandemic negatively affected the physical, social, and psychological functioning of individuals and societies, worldwide. This study aimed to evaluate the extent to which key factors may influence the QoL of people with COVID-19 in Semarang, Indonesia. The online cross-sectional study recruited 107 participants. Adults ( 17 years of age) with positive COVID-19 infection history were targeted. Quality of life was measured with the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. The questions explain how respondents attribute to each aspect of their life and how problematic or satisfactory they perceive them for their overall quality of life. Results showed that the highest mean score was found for the social domain (14.112.89), and the lowest mean score was observed for the environment domain (13.272.01). The presence of comorbidities had a statistically significant difference in the environment domain (p-value:0.006). During the COVID-19 pandemic, people had less satisfaction with their environment. The presence of anxiety often promotes changes in the perception of QoL for all domains among respondents (p-value: <0.0001). Investing such resources in these groups may be an efficient option to maximize positive public health impacts in this resource-poor environment.
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Tuberculosis (TB) remains a public health problem in the world. Second disease causing death after Covid-19. In 2020, case findings of TB cases in Indonesia slightly decreased compared to 2019, from 568.987 to 351.936 cases. To combat the disease, Indonesia has adopted the End TB program, targeting to reduce TB incidence to 65 cases per 100,000 population by 2030. At the same time, many challenges need to be overcome, such as low coverage of TB treatment, delay of diagnosis and treatment, and other factors associated. This paper aims to propose a model of an Integrated Surveillance System of Tuberculosis Based on the Internet of Things (IoT). The research will employ the End-to-End Life Cycle Automation System approach. Data collection will use two sources of data, primary and secondary data. The various research instruments (Questionnaire, interview guidelines, checklist observation, and IoT) will be used to capture primary data in this research. Secondary data sources will use reports of TB in multilevel (district/city, province, and national level), medical records of TB patients, news of TB prevention and treatment programs, demography and geography information, and poverty level. The data will produce a model of an integrated surveillance system. The field test will be conducted on the design and continuously improved based on the result. The information provided by the system will be available on a dashboard as a data visualization that can be easily accessed. This system will provide rapid and precise analysis to help the government achieve the Free TB agenda 2030. The system will help develop an effective and efficient TB prevention program in the community for health services based on their need. © 2022 IEEE.
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To tackle the COVID-19 case, the COVID-19 task force in Indonesia urges the public to carry out COVID-19 prevention behaviors, including wearing masks. To find the determinants factors that affect public compliance with using masks, an online survey was conducted in Indonesia from June 27, to July 7, 2020. The analytical technique used in this study consisted of descriptive and inferential analysis. Of the 8,425 respondents, the majority (67.1%) had moderate mask compliance. Age, gender, education, income, and risk of infection have a significant relationship with mask compliance. Female respondents have higher compliance of wearing masks than men. Most respondents with high compliance in wearing masks are highly educated and have high incomes. The Boomer (elderly) group has the highest percentage who have low adherence to wearing masks. Respondents who stated they might be at risk of contracting COVID-19 had a high compliance score for wearing masks than respondents who stated they were unlikely to be infected. Socio-demographic factors significantly influence compliance with the use of masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. To improve health protocols compliance, the government needs to provide socialization, supervision, and evaluation of health protocols implementation in the community. © 2022, Intelektual Pustaka Media Utama. All rights reserved.
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Covid-19 patients with comorbidities, such as hypertension, diabetes, and respiratory diseases, have a higher risk for severe disease and mortality compared to patients without comorbidities. Some data shows that the administration of high dose vitamin C (1-2 g/day) can reduce the amount of the inflammatory mediators and shorten the length of hospital stay. This study aimed to determine the relationship between vitamin C administration and of length of hospital stay for Covid-19 patients with comorbidities. This study was a retrospective observational study on consecutively sampled medical record data of UNS Hospital patients from July 2020 to January 2021. A total of 78 patient medical records were included of this study. The inclusion criteria were all medical records of patients who suffered from Covid-19 with comorbidities admitted to the hospital while the exclusion criteria were medical records of patients who did not get oral or intravenous vitamin C. The chi-square bivariate test was used to determine the relationship between the administration of vitamin C and the length of hospital stay for Covid-19 patients with comorbidities. Of the 78 subjects only 52 subjects were included in the statistical analysis. Medical records were divided into two groups: group 1, that consisted of medical records of patient who received more than 1000mg Vitamin C, and group 2, who received less than 1,000mg Vitamin C. Results demonstrated that the administration of high dose vitamin C of more than 1,000 mg was not associated with the length of hospital stay (p=0.677). Thus, high dose of vitamin C is not associated with the length of hospital stay for Covid-19 patients with comorbidities, such as hypertension, diabetes, and respiratory disease.
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Pregnant women have a higher risk of serious illness during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This raises concerns about COVID-19 infection in pregnant women. Other than COVID-19, pregnant women are also a high-risk group for influenza infection. Influenza vaccination is used to prevent coinfection with COVID-19. Thus, this study examined the acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine in pregnant women based on factors of worry about COVID-19 infection and a history of influenza vaccination. This study was a systematic review that assessed cross-sectional articles of the year 2020-2021 from the Pubmed, Science Direct, and Medrxiv databases with narrative analysis. There were three articles that met the criteria. The three articles showed significant relationships between concerns of being infected with COVID-19 and receiving COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in pregnant women, while a significant relationships between a history of influenza vaccination and accepting COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant women were only found in two articles. Compared to the history of influenza vaccination, the concerns of being infected with COVID-19 in pregnant women were significantly more related to accepting COVID-19 vaccination, so it can be the focus of intervention to increase the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant women. © 2022, Intelektual Pustaka Media Utama. All rights reserved.
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Covid have confirmed as pandemic global by the World Health Organization (WHO), because spread that very fast among humans. As a result of the Covid-19 virus, many infected patients died, including from all countries on the Asian continent. Like the case that occurred in one of the Asian countries, namely India, which is one of the countries that experienced a spike in Covid-19 cases, the transmission of thevirus Covid-19 in India penetrated more than 400,000 cases in 1 day. The number is the highest daily record set by India during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, it was found that the problem of the spread of Covid-19 tends to increase, this is the country with the second largest population in the world. The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country has reached 21 million or second only to the United States. The vastness of India's territory allows the need for grouping the parts by region in India. This grouping produces the center points for the spread of Covid-19 cases. The purpose of grouping Covid-19 cases based on clusters is to find out the weight/percentage value generated from each of these clusters using the K-Means Clustering method. This method is used to map the spread of the Covid-19 virus from various regions in India based on confirmed cases, dead, recovered and active/new clusters. The benefits obtained for the government in overcoming Covid-19 cases are to create strategies to prevent the spread of Covid-19 based on information from the results of regional clustering in India The results obtained from research conducted in 38 regions in India using 4 clusters resulted in Confirmed cases (C0) 199 items, Died (C1) 779 items, Recovered (C2) 21 items, and Active/new cluster (C3) 231 items with a totalcluster of 1230items. © 2021 IEEE.
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education globally in the world has led to a temporary learning process carried out at home using digital learning. The limitations of digital learning tools, namely devices, and connecting the internet, cause learning, communication between teachers and students. The COVID-19 pandemic emergency situations cannot be predicted when it will end. However, through college, elementary school students still have to carry out the learning process carried out by students at home. Transformative knowledge can take place at home with the initial communication between the teacher and parents. Using a transformative approach in understanding the concepts, students will learn by reading, discussing, observing, and producing student experiences. This paper aims to provide knowledge about the teacher's task of communicating to parents'' material guidelines that must be learned by helping students and helping parents create learning activities at home. Guidelines for learning activities, parental support, learning climate situations will encourage students to be prepared Self-Regulated in preparing learning activities, understanding problem situations, constructing knowledge, and giving meaning to concepts learned. Parents support the meaning of students' meaning and the teacher's task reinforces the results of the construction of knowledge built by students. © 2021 Author(s).
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The purpose of this narrative study was to explore how an international PhD student-mother, who has a young child, negotiated and coped with the challenges to complete her studies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Multiple semi-structured interviews were adopted to collect narrative data. Anchored in a thematic analysis, qualitative data showed that the participant encountered such challenges as the skills of managing academic time and activities, difficulty in focusing on studying, worries about family conditions in Indonesia and financial needs. We concluded that physical, mental and spiritual strengths of an individual derived from family and community support play a pivotal role in thinking of, managing, and coping with various challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The preliminary study results showed that in general, the creative thinking skill of Junior High School students in Bangkalan, Madura was low. Meanwhile, the learning models that are often used by teachers are Problem Based Learning and Discovery Learning. The researchers intend to develop the GO_KAR model, an innovation of the two learning models mentioned previously. This study aimed to describe the content validity and the GO_KAR learning model's construct, which was developed to improve Junior High School students' creative thinking skills. This study used Focus Group Discussion (FGD) as a method of data collection validation. The validity of the GO_KAR learning model is assessed from the aspects of content validity and construct validity. The validation of experts through FGD showed that the GO_KAR model is in a very valid category to improve students' creative thinking skills. The GO_KAR model can be implemented in the learning process to enhance Junior High School students' creative thinking skills in a science subject. © International Research Publication House.