Increase in public interest concerning alternative medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia: a Google Trends study.

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered individuals to increase their healthy behaviour in order to prevent transmission, including improving their immunity potentially through the use of alternative medicines. This study aimed to examine public interest on alternative medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic using Google Trends in Indonesia. Employing a quantitative study, the Spearman rank test was used to analyze the correlation between Google Relative Search Volume (RSV) of various search terms, within the categories of alternative medicine, herbal medicine and practical activity, with COVID-19 cases.

Improvement of Nutritional Status among Tuberculosis Patients by Supplementation: A True Experimental Study in Indonesia.

Objective: To analyze the effect of supplementation on body mass index among tuberculosis patients, in which their health status is also investigated.

Methods: This study employed a true experiment. The study was designed randomized pretest-posttest with a control group, in which 200 respondents were enrolled.

(Ikan Gabus) Extract and the Acceleration of Tuberculosis Treatment: A True Experimental Study.

Tuberculosis is international health problem, which is classified in Global Emergency disease since 1992. The objective of the study is to determine the effect of extract toward the acceleration of tuberculosis treatment. The study used true experiment, in which the intervention of the study was supplementation to respondent.