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Living in uncertainty situation is not easy for some human being. It gives effect for mental health and decreasing hope for sustainability harmonize living. Surprisingly, some people could live positively during crisis. It becomes a model on "how can we live such a tough situation". This study explored the positive effect of nostalgia on hope during crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The research applied predictive-correlational quantitative method with 315 emerging adulthoods from Indonesia having an age range from 18-25 years. Hope was measured using The Herth Hope Index (HHI) developed by Herth, adapted to the Indonesian version in the COVID-19 pandemic context by the authors. Meanwhile nostalgia was measured using the Indonesian version of State Functions of Nostalgia Scale which was adapted by Abraham, Ali, Andangsari, and Hartanti from Hepper, Ritchie, Sedikides, and Wildschut. Result has shown that nostalgia had a significant positive effect on hope. It can be concluded that nostalgia significantly gave a positive effect on hope during the uncertainty situation like the COVID-19 pandemic. Reminiscing a nostalgic memory that happened before the pandemic occurred help young people to eliminate negative mood, increase self-esteem, increase a perception of social relationships, and develop a perception towards the meaning of life which make someone less anxious. © 2023 EDP Sciences. All rights reserved.
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The era of the COVID-19 pandemic affects almost all industrial sectors, including start-up industry. This research aims to provide an overview of branding strategy innovations conducted by the startup coworking space industry, "Ngalup", especially to deal with various problems arising from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study used qualitative methodology utilizing interview techniques to collect all the necessary data from informants. The main informants in this study were the Marketing Communication Manager and Internal Community Host of "Ngalup"Coworking Space, and the supporting informants were visitors and participants of "Ngalup"Coworking Space event. The results showed that the problem included decreased engagement on social media and decreased revenue due to the lack of visitor because some events or activities had to be shifted to online. To overcome this, "Ngalup"has tried to optimize omnichannel branding strategy, which is the integration of multichannel including online and offline to continuously improve the customer experience, such as optimizing their online media channels and programs, creating a new project 'Digarapin' as a new business model to gain revenue, and maintain the five-star hotel service. The research conluded that the branding strategy developed by "Ngalup"through omnichannel has helped "Ngalup"maintained the top coworking space in Malang and taken advantage of the development opportunities in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic. © 2023 Author(s).
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Introduction: This paper aims at conducting a legal analysis of the health workers' authority in telemedicine service in Indonesia. This article discusses an issue related to the importance of telemedicine usage in health services. That is beneficial to reduce virus transmission. Therefore, government issued regulations regarding telemedicine services by medical personnel. So, there is a change in the legal relationship that previously occurred in health care facilities into a legal relationship between doctors and patients. This case creates legal problems in the form of legal ambiguity regarding the authority of medical personnel through telemedicine services. Methods: Normative legal research implemented in this research and the approach implemented is the state and the conceptual approach. Results: Telemedicine provides medical services and health information. In Indonesia, telemedicine was made mandatory by Law Number 36 on Health in 2009, particularly in terms of medical expertise. Legal basis of telemedicine in Indonesia is the Law on health however the regulation is general. Conclusions: The conclusion is the need for detailed regulation of the limits of authority of health workers in health services through telemedicine. This article suggests that legal reform of the authority of medical personnel in providing services through telemedicine during the pandemic and after it. © 2023 UPM Press. All rights reserved.
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Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic since it rapidly spread worldwide. COVID-19 has various manifestations, ranging from asymptomatic to life-threatening conditions. During the pandemic, patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARD) were included in the population at risk. In addition, the use of immunosuppressants or disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) was considered to increase the susceptibility to infection. Studies have reported that COVID-19 and ARD have similarities in their clinical findings and immune responses. This study aims to understand the profile of patients with ARD infected with COVID-19 at Dr. Soetomo Hospital in 2020–2022. Methods: An observational cross-sectional study using the medical records of ARD patients was carried out in the rheumatology outpatient clinic at Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya. Results: This study included 200 patients. Of these, 49 (24.5 %) were infected with COVID-19. The study population was predominantly female (93.9 %), with a mean age of 43±14.3 years old. Methylprednisolone was the most frequent medication used. A total of 63.2 % of the samples had asymptomatic–mild COVID-19 conditions, while the others had moderate–severe COVID-19 conditions. There were 14 cases (28.6 %) that developed ARD post-COVID-19 infection. Conclusion: The proportion of COVID-19 among ARD patients was 24.5 %. © 2023 Academia Nacional de Medicina. All rights reserved.
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Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.), a well-known spice, often used as an Indonesian traditional medicine or "jamu” ingredient which possesses immunostimulant effect as it contains curcumin. During the COVID-19 outbreak, the consumption of "jamu" tends to increase recently. However, the millennial consumers as one of the target markets do not like "jamu" due to its bitter taste. Accordingly, turmeric should be formulated as nata, namely "Nata de Curcuma” to become "friendly consumed". The study aimed to formulate nata obtained from the water juice of turmeric, to evaluate the physical properties, to identify the curcuminoids, and to test the hedonic. Four formulae of "Nata de Curcuma" consisting of turmeric, coconut water, sucrose, ammonium sulphate (ZA), vinegar, and those fermented with Acetobacter xylinum as a starter. Subsequently, the physical properties of nata including organoleptic, thickness, water content, and fiber content were evaluated. Moreover, curcuminoids in this formula were identified by performing thin layer chromatograph (TLC) method. The best formula of "Nata de Curcuma" contains the mixture of water juice of turmeric and coconut water (1:2) added by 30 g of sugar, 3 g of ZA, and 60 mL of starter. This formula exhibited the thickness of 1 cm and the diameter of 3 cm after 28-days-incubation. The organoleptic properties showed that yellow with the mixed odor of fresh turmeric and slightly coconut, a chewy texture with the specific taste of fresh turmeric but bitterless. The water content of this nata was 95.3% while the fiber content was 4.48% and it contained curcumin evident by the TLC profile. The hedonic test showed that the panelists didn't like the smell of nata due to its smell like turmeric, but they really liked the taste of nata as the unpleasant taste of turmeric was covered. Turmeric was able to be formulated into "Nata de Curcuma" which has the potential as functional food for immunostimulant. © 2023 American Institute of Physics Inc.. All rights reserved.
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread worldwide since the end of 2019. This virus infects humans and has also been found to infect animals. Viruses enter the human body through the ACE2 receptor on apical epithelial cells. ACE2 receptors are also present in animal epithelial cells, so the possible effects of cell damage due to SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans can also occur in animals. However, studies on the long - term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection in animals, especially fertility, have not been widely reported. Therefore, this literature review aims to identify and analyze the long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection on the function of the reproductive system of animals, especially protected wildlife. The data were obtained from literature published in PubMed-gov with selected keywords and several other filters activated. The study result s indicate that there is a possibility that animals infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus could cause infertility, so the application of health protocols is important for people who are in close contact with animals, especially wild animals.
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Objective. This study aimed to determine the level of food safety knowledge, and its determinant factors during eating out settings, among Indonesian adults after one year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods. A cross-sectional survey was carried out from April 19 to April 26, 2021, using an online questionnaire. Participants' socio-demographic characteristics, exposure to information, as well as knowledge towards food safety during the COVID-19 pandemic were obtained using a convenience sampling technique. Data collected were subjected to descriptive statistics, chi-square analysis, and logistic regression analysis. Results. From a total of 551 completed responses, the majority of respondents were female (76.8%), between the ages of 18-25 years (41.2%), had a college (bachelor) degree (65.2%), and lived in Java Island (74.0%). About 45.4% were exposed to food safety information 1-2 times per week and more than half (56.8%) claimed to get trusted sources of food safety information from social media. After adjusting with other variables, the most dominant factor associated with the food safety knowledge during eating out were age (26-32 years) (OR=1.7, 95% CI 1.0-2.7) and gender (female) (OR=1.5, 95% CI 1.0-2.4). Conclusion. After one-year of COVID-19 pandemic, the most dominant factors related to food safety knowledge are age and gender. Food safety knowledge has no significant association with attitude and practice. © 2022 University of the Philippines Manila. All rights reserved.
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Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.), a well-known spice, often used as an Indonesian traditional medicine or "jamu” ingredient which possesses immunostimulant effect as it contains curcumin. During the COVID-19 outbreak, the consumption of "jamu" tends to increase recently. However, the millennial consumers as one of the target markets do not like "jamu" due to its bitter taste. Accordingly, turmeric should be formulated as nata, namely "Nata de Curcuma” to become "friendly consumed". The study aimed to formulate nata obtained from the water juice of turmeric, to evaluate the physical properties, to identify the curcuminoids, and to test the hedonic. Four formulae of "Nata de Curcuma" consisting of turmeric, coconut water, sucrose, ammonium sulphate (ZA), vinegar, and those fermented with Acetobacter xylinum as a starter. Subsequently, the physical properties of nata including organoleptic, thickness, water content, and fiber content were evaluated. Moreover, curcuminoids in this formula were identified by performing thin layer chromatograph (TLC) method. The best formula of "Nata de Curcuma" contains the mixture of water juice of turmeric and coconut water (1:2) added by 30 g of sugar, 3 g of ZA, and 60 mL of starter. This formula exhibited the thickness of 1 cm and the diameter of 3 cm after 28-days-incubation. The organoleptic properties showed that yellow with the mixed odor of fresh turmeric and slightly coconut, a chewy texture with the specific taste of fresh turmeric but bitterless. The water content of this nata was 95.3% while the fiber content was 4.48% and it contained curcumin evident by the TLC profile. The hedonic test showed that the panelists didn't like the smell of nata due to its smell like turmeric, but they really liked the taste of nata as the unpleasant taste of turmeric was covered. Turmeric was able to be formulated into "Nata de Curcuma" which has the potential as functional food for immunostimulant. © 2023 American Institute of Physics Inc.. All rights reserved.
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As biomedical waste is one of the general problems in Indonesia which are especially concerned in this pandemic situation. Incinerator, as one of the tool strategies to the Renewable energy issue will be one of the solutions to the medical waste management system nowadays which uses an energy conversion from the thermal heat. Therefore, before the further establishment of the biomedical waste incinerator, a preliminary Feasibility Study to the region and condition should be done as the first step to strengthen the objective of the implementation. The aspect to the market, technology, regulation, infrastructure, and financial aspect will be discussed and will be executively summarized. As Indonesia nowadays has a total of 2900 Hospital, 9900 Health centre, 7700 clinic with a total of 294.66 tons of medical waste produced within a day. During the pandemic it is estimated that the amount of medical waste will increase by at least 30% which is a big challenge for Indonesia. © 2023 Institute of Physics Publishing. All rights reserved.
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The Babussalam Al-Firdaus Islamic Boarding School is located in the village of Bocek, Karangploso, Malang Regency, East Java. The owner of the boarding has been produced pasteurized milk which is performed by the students. Some of the obstacles faced by the students are the short shelf life of pasteurized milk about 5-7 days at 4 degrees C storage temperature, non-standard packaging, and the limitations of product distribution and marketing. The owner of the Babussalam Al-Firdaus Islamic Boarding School has a plan to develop dairy and bakery products. However, the students have limitation of knowledge and skills in processing those products, and the boarding school has limitation of processing equipment. To overcome these problems, our team, initiate the establishment of SMEs involving students at the Babussalam Al-Firdaus Islamic Boarding School through diversification of dairy-based processed products and bakery products. Firstly, introduction of some lectures including bakery products technology, milk processing technology, packaging and storage technology, food quality assurance and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP). Secondly, product trials and training activities are carried out offline by implementing health protocols due to the Covid-19 pandemic at the Food Production and Training Center (FPTC), Universitas Brawijaya. Some processing equipment was given to Islamic boarding schools to facilitate the production of bakery and dairy products. The new SMEs in the field of bakery and dairy products can be executed through the empowerment of students so as to provide additional income for the Babussalam Al-Firdaus Islamic Boarding School to be financial independence.
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This systematic review is aimed to explore the researches that established students’ conceptual change process, both studies that facilitate conceptual change and studies that determined learner characters influencing conceptual change. Overall, 50 studies were examined in this review. The current study focused on the common characteristics of the literature, the conceptual change instructional interventions used and the methods used to assess them. This review generates four averments about the current study: (1) physics subjects have obtained more attention than other science domains;(2) the majority of studies were conducted on undergraduate students of various majors, not only science education students;(3) studies about conceptual change have developed from a cognitive-only perspective to metacognitive aspects;(4) design on conceptual change study has been dominated by quasi experiment with only pre and post-intervention. Based on these averments, the authors invite the future empirical studies to consider affective variables in designing instructional approach, focus on examining pre-service science teachers’ conceptual change through the implementation of an instructional intervention, and apply qualitative data collection methods regarding affective and metacognitive variables through the implementation of an instructional intervention. © 2022, Journal of Turkish Science Education. All Rights Reserved.
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The impact of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-l9) has prompted the need to explore alternative culture systems at the household level to both increase people's resilience and close the gap of hunger inequality and under nutrition of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG-2). In this study, Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) was grown using a soilless culture system (SCS) in three different household residences. The partitioning plant's behavior was observed for favorable impact from both organic and inorganic fertilizer treatments. Two-week-old common bean seedlings were grown in separate media consisting of organic fertilizer from chicken manure and inorganic fertilizer (NPK). Sprinkle-on media and foliar techniques were used to fertilize plants with inorganic Super-grow and organic fertilizer based on rice waste. As a control, Hoagland solution was used to irrigate plants in all locations. The result shows that both plants partitioning and shoot to root ratio were improved by the combination of chicken manure, NPK, and Hoagland. Super growth liquid fertilizer and rice waste fertilizer also showed similar positive results. However, the plants were inhibited when they came into contact with household wastewater containing detergent. We concluded that Common Bean could be adapted into the soilless culture system in household residences and also be integrated into the Biophysical economic circulatory model. Concurrently, more attention must be paid to the plant partitioning indicator while research scale-up has the potential to support the targets of the 7 SDGs. © 2022 Author(s).
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Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) patients with a history of hypertension and underlying comorbidities are at high risk of developing major adverse cardiac events (MACE) and increase the mortality of the patients. Objective: This study aims to determine the association of hypertension and MACE in CAD patients admitted to ICCU. Method: This research is an analytic study with a cross-sectional approach. The data used is secondary data from the records of patients who were admitted to ICCU at Sanglah Hospital on 1 January 2021- 31 December 2021 with total sampling technique. Result: There were 376 patients included in this study. The majority of patients were male (n=291,77.4%) with the median overall patient age of 58 years old. Most of MACE found in the patients were revascularization (n=113;30.1%). The prevalence of hypertension was 19.1%. There were significant differences in length of in hemoglobin (p=0.006), lymphocytes count (p=0.002), uric acid (p=0.032) and GFR (p=0.000) in the patients classified based on MACE. MACE was significantly associated with hypertension (PR=1.285;95%CI=1.102-1.498;p=0.006). Chisquare analysis showed that stroke (PR=2.386;95%CI=1.271-4.480;p=0.007), heart failure (PR=2.533;95%CI=1.574-4.078;p=0.000), and malignant arrhythmia (PR=1.820;95%CI=1.229-2.694;p=0.004) were significantly associated with hypertension. Association of hypertension and kidney disease were significantly associated with stroke (PR= 2.386;95%CI=1.271-4.480;p=0.007), malignant arrhythmia (PR=1.820;95%CI=1.229-2.694;p=0.004) and heart failure (PR=2.533;95%CI=1.574-4.078;p=0.000). Association of hypertension and COVID-19 were also significantly associated with malignant arrhythmia (PR= 2.253;95%CI=1.309-3.877;p=0.011). Conclusion: There were significant association between hypertension with MACE in the patients. Intervention on these factors can prevent further mortality.
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Background: Hypertension is one of global health issues that become a leading modifiable risk factor of various illnesses. As one of twelve indicators of The Healthy Indonesia Program-a family approach (PIS-PK), comprehensive hypertension treatment is a parameter of a healthy community. Objective: This preliminary study aim was to determine demographic profile of hypertension patients and improve patients' perceptions of hypertension treatment. Method: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, we used patients with hypertension who reside in Panjeng village, Ponorogo, Indonesia in November 2020 as population sample. Definition of hypertension was based on the 2020 International Society of Hypertension practice guidelines. The intervention of this study was distribution of a blood pressure diary, which consists blood pressure evaluation page for each visitation as well as educational page about risk factors and management of hypertension. Healthy Family Index, a PIS-PK outcome, was used to assess the intervention's effectiveness. Result: This study has 21 participants, with an average age of 63,3 ± 10,5 years, and 76,2% were female. Among those subjects, 61,9% of participants had grade 2 hypertension, 33,3 % had grade 1 hypertension, and 4,8% had normal-high blood pressure. Only 23,8% of patients were committed to taking their medicine regularly. Based on the results of the Healthy Family Index, there was a 6% rise in the indicator of adherence to treatment in patients with hypertension in the year following the intervention (36.4 % (2020) vs. 42.2 % (2021)). One of the factor that affect this result was Covid-19 pandemy, that patients may feel hesitate to visits to healthcare facility. Conclusion: Blood pressure diary can be considered as potential communitybased intervention to improve patient perception of treatment, as well as to monitor and evaluate hypertension therapy. Further and bigger-scale research is needed to determine the direct effect of this intervention to medication adherence.
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Background: Malaria is a constantly challenging problem, notably in the Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic. The syndemic condition, malaria-COVID-19 co-infections, had been reported. Our previous study successfully revealed several compounds from Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. Hygroscopicus, including nigericin that has both antimalarial and antiviral effects. In malaria infection, Plasmodium falciparum Chloroquine Resistance Transporter (PfCRT) is the potential target for eliminating Plasmodium. Meanwhile, for SARS-CoV-2 infection, MPro is an essential protein for SARS-CoV-2 survival. This research aims to examine the potential effect of nigericin towards Plasmodium and SARS-CoV-2 by assessing its molecular interaction with PfCRT and MPro through molecular docking study. Methods: The protein target PfCRT and MPro were obtained from Protein Data Bank. Nigericin and the control ligand (chloroquine and N3) were obtained from PubChem. The pharmacokinetic analysis was done using SwissADME. Specific molecular docking was conducted using PyRx 0.9 and was visualized using LigPlot and PyMOL. Results: Nigericin has a large molecular weight, leading to the non-fulfillment of the Lipinski rule for oral administration. Through molecular docking study, the binding affinity of the Nigericin-PfCRT complex was -8.1 kcal/mol, and Nigericin-MPro was -8.6 kcal/mol. These binding affinities were stronger than the control ligand. The interaction between Nigericin-PfCRT and Nigericin-MPro share a similar pocket-site and amino acid residues as the control ligands. Conclusion: Nigericin has potential antimalarial and anti-coronavirus effects through molecular docking perspective by assessing the binding affinity and similarity of amino acid residues compared to control. Administration of systemic route can be an option in giving nigericin.
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The Indonesian construction industry is one of the main sectors to support the economic growth in the country. According to a report published by the World Economic Forum, the construction industry currently accounts for about 6% of the world’s GDP. It is expected to reach around 14.7% by 2030. However, on the other hand, the image experienced by the construction sector is dominated by something low-tech, still relying on craft-based methods, characterized by poor performance and low quality. Therefore, it is essential that to better support the nation’s development, it is necessary for the Indonesian construction industry to invest more in the adoption, development, and application of technology. Material technology plays an essential role in construction projects. Based on a survey conducted to 40 Indonesian contractors, it was found that the priority of using concrete and steel materials ranked at the top during normal conditions and the covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, data about the history of development, utilization, and potential of construction technology, especially concrete and steel materials in Indonesia, is almost non-existent. This study aims to present the technological landscape of concrete and steel construction material, providing an overall view of the historical development of the utilization, contribution, and strategy for developing future construction material technology in Indonesia. In contrast, the information data is considered essential to help formulate policies regarding developing and utilizing construction technology in Indonesia. Therefore, this study will map the landscape of technology material in Indonesia. The methodology to be used is literature studies, interviews, and questionnaires.
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Scout is one of the extracurricular activities in Indonesia. Currently, extra-curricular activities have decreased the number of members due to students' interest in other activities at their school. After COVID-19 pandemic, many students were no longer actively participating in Scout extracurriculars. Even though there are many benefits that can be taken in scouting activities, one of which is applying skill material such as learning codes, learning a form of cheating, general public knowledge, and even the ability to survive in protecting something. Scouting activities are the key to the practice of nation building in Indonesia. One way to increase student interest is by utilizing information technology. Scouting activities can be combined into a game with a scouting theme as is commonly played, which is like a educational puzzle to sharpen critical thinking. This research is more about the application of the SAHC algorithm for puzzle cases based on the scout trail game. The application of this method is to find a solution point from a predetermined character position. Interesting games can be used as promotions for students, so students can be interested in scouting activities. © 2021 IEEE.
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Pandemi global COVID-19 telah menyebar ke banyak Negara dan benua termasuk Indonesia. Salah satu Provinsi yang menerapkan PSBB dalam mengurangi dampak penyebaran COVID-19 adalah Provinsi Sumatera Barat. Dalam penanganannya tidak hanya bisa dilakukan oleh Pemerintah sendirian dan mesti melibatkan berbagai elemen masyarakat untuk berpartisipasi di lingkungan masing-masing. Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini bertujuan memberdayakan masyarakat melalui partisipasi komunitas peduli warga terdampak COVID-19 di Nagari Pulakek Koto baru Kecamatan Sungai Pagu Kabupaten Solok Selatan. Metode pelaksanaan kegiatan meliputi sosialisasi edukasi dan pengumpulan serta penyerahan donasi kepada warga terdampak. Hasil kegiatan yaitu terlaksananya persiapan pelaksanaan kegiatan yaitu pertemuan dengan wali nagari relawan desa dan perwakilan komunitas peduli. Pengumpulan donasi yang berasal dari warga peduli sebanyak Rp. 6.000.000.- dan penyerahan paket sembako kepada warga terdampak sebanyak 60 paket sembako kepada 60 kepala keluarga terdampak yaitu 56 KK dari warga sekitar komplek perumahan bukit pematang permai Jorong Mantirai Indah dan 4 KK berasal dari luar Jorong Mantirai Indah namun sehari-sehari bekerja di keluarga yang tinggal di Perumahan Bukit Pematang Permai. Bantuan diserahkan seminggu sebelum Hari Raya Idul Fitri 1441 H sehingga terasa sangat bermanfaat bagi warga terdampak. Disamping penyerahan donasi juga dilakukan edukasi dan sosialisasi kepada warga terdampak tentang pentingnya mematuhi protocol kesehatan. Kata kunci: Partisipasi, Peduli Warga Terdampak, COVID-19 The COVID-19 global academy has spread to many countries and continents including Indonesia. One of the provinces that have implemented the PSBB in reducing the impact of the spread of COVID-19 is West Sumatra Province. The handling is not only done by the Government alone and must involve various elements of society to participate in their respective environments. This community service activity aims to empower the community through community participation in caring for residents affected by COVID-19 in Nagari Pulakek Koto baru Sungai Pagu District South Solok Regency. Methods of implementing activities include socialization education and collection and delivery of donations to affected residents. The result of the activity is the implementation of preparations for the implementation of activities, namely meetings with the village guardian village volunteers and representatives of the caring community. The collection of donations from caring residents is Rp. 6000000.- and the handover of 60 basic food packages to the affected residents to 60 affected families namely 56 families from residents around the Jorong Mantirai Indah Pematang hill housing complex and 4 families from outside Jorong Mantirai Indah but working daily in family who live in Bukit Pematang Permai Housing. The aid was handed over a week before Idul Fitri 1441 H so it was very beneficial for the affected residents. Apart from distributing donations, education and outreach was also carried out to affected residents about the importance of complying with health protocols. Keywords: Participation, Care for Affected Citizens, COVID-19
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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are expected to boost the country’s economy. However, the COVID-19 pandemic that happened in 2020 collapsed businesses, especially SMEs in Indonesia. One of the measures to allow small and medium-sized enterprises to respond to the uncertainties of a pandemic is to improve the agility of their companies. Besides agile, SMEs nowadays also concerned with the sustainable elements to tackle social and environmental issues. Business agility is known to be capable of enabling small and medium-sized enterprises to respond effectively to what is happening in the field and to ensure that they do not lose customers. The study was undertaken as a conceptual framework supported by extensive literature review. The assessment of business agility is dependent on the operational agility, customer agility, and partnership agility. The businesses turbulence caused by this pandemic also likely to strengthen the relationship between business agility and SMEs performance. The findings of this study are useful not only to SMEs owners, but also to the government to bridge the agility ability of SMEs industry with customer preferences. © 2021, Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited. All rights reserved.