The mediating effect of sleep disturbance on the association between hypertension and depression: a national data analysis.

Background: Sleep disturbance is a common among people with hypertension. However, the mediating role of sleep disturbance in the association between hypertension and depression remains unclear. This study aims to investigate the mediating role of sleep disturbance in the association between hypertension and depression.

Body Mass Index Asian populations category and stroke and heart disease in the adult population: a longitudinal study of the Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) 2007 and 2014.

Background: A substantially elevated Body Mass Index (BMI) is one of the largest global modifiable risk factors for stroke and heart diseases. Most studies classify BMI according to the WHO BMI cut-off point in stroke and heart disease studies. However, there is a limited understanding of the association between the BMI cut-off point in the Asian population category and stroke and heart disease.

Symptoms trend and challenges in dental practice during delta variance COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia: Google Trends Analysis.

The COVID-19 pandemic has grown to be a serious issue on a global scale. Dental care is one of the industries affected by COVID-19. The surveillance utilizing lifetime data, however, is still not clear.

HIV infection and the implication for COVID-19 vaccination.

Abstract: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is associated with altered cellular and humoral immune response, especially in patients with an untreated or chronic infection. This may be due to direct and/or indirect HIV viral activities resulting in T- and B-cells dysfunctions. Although still unclear, various studies have proposed that HIV infection may exacerbate the clinical outcomes of COVID-19.

Inhaled Nitric Oxide for Clinical Management of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Severe COVID-19 is associated with hypoxemia and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which may predispose multiorgan failure and death. Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) is a clinical vasodilator used in the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This study evaluated the response rate to iNO in patients with COVID-19-ARDS.

Care-seeking and health insurance among pregnancy-related deaths: A population-based study in Jember District, East Java Province, Indonesia.

Background: Despite the increased access to facility-based delivery in Indonesia, the country's maternal mortality remains unacceptably high. Reducing maternal mortality requires a good understanding of the care-seeking pathways for maternal complications, especially with the government moving toward universal health coverage. This study examined care-seeking practices and health insurance in instances of pregnancy-related deaths in Jember District, East Java, Indonesia.

Neonatal mortality in two districts in Indonesia: Findings from Neonatal Verbal and Social Autopsy (VASA).

Background: The Government of Indonesia is determined to follow global commitments to reduce the neonatal mortality rate. Yet, there is a paucity of information on contributing factors and causes of neonatal deaths, particularly at the sub-national level. This study describes care-seeking during neonates' fatal illnesses and their causes of death.

The Determinants of Undiagnosed Hypertension Among Indonesian Adults: A Cross-sectional Study Based on the 2014-2015 Indonesia Family Life Survey.

Objectives: This study investigated the determinants of undiagnosed hypertension among Indonesian adults.

Methods: This study involved an analysis of secondary data from the 2014 Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) on 5914 Indonesian adults (≥40 years). The determinant variables examined in this cross-sectional study were education level, monthly per capita expenditures (PCE), whether the participant experienced headaches in the morning, and other general health variables.

No one data source captures all: A nested case-control study of the completeness of maternal death reporting in Banten Province, Indonesia.

Background: Indonesia's national health information systems collect data on maternal deaths but the completeness of reporting is questionable, making it difficult to design appropriate interventions. This study examines the completeness of maternal death reporting by the district health office (DHO) system in Banten Province.

Method: We used a nested-control study design to compare data on maternal deaths in 2016 from the DHO reporting system and the MADE-IN/MADE-FOR method in two districts and one municipality in Banten Province, with the aim of identifying and characterizing missed deaths in the DHO reporting system.

Gastrointestinal peptides and small-bowel hypomotility are possible causes for fasting and postprandial symptoms in active Crohn's disease.

Background: Crohn's disease (CD) patients suffer postprandial aversive symptoms, which can lead to anorexia and malnutrition. Changes in the regulation of gut hormones and gut dysmotility are believed to play a role.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate small-bowel motility and gut peptide responses to a standard test meal in CD by using MRI.

Synovial pathology detected on ultrasound correlates with the severity of radiographic knee osteoarthritis more than with symptoms.

Objective: To [1] compare the frequency and severity of ultrasound (US) features in people with normal knees (controls), knee pain (KP), asymptomatic radiographic OA (ROA), and symptomatic OA (SROA), [2] examine relationships between US features, pain and radiographic severity, [3] explore the relationship between change in pain and US features over a 3-month period.

Method: Community participants were recruited into a multiple group case-control study. All underwent assessment for pain, knee radiographs and US examination for effusion, synovial hypertrophy, popliteal cysts and power Doppler (PD) signal within the synovium.

Pandemic influenza and health system resource gaps in Bali: an analysis through a resource transmission dynamics model.

The failure to contain pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009 in Mexico has shifted global attention from containment to mitigation. Limited surveillance and reporting have, however, prevented detailed assessment of mitigation during the pandemic, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. To assess pandemic influenza case management capabilities in a resource-limited setting, the authors used a health system questionnaire and density-dependent, deterministic transmission model for Bali, Indonesia, determining resource gaps.

MDCT findings in Baastrup disease: disease or normal feature of the aging spine?

Objective: Baastrup disease is characterized by the development of abnormal contact between adjacent spinous processes. The clinical significance remains unresolved, a few studies showing Baastrup disease as a cause of back pain. The aim of this study was to establish the frequency of Baastrup disease in a large unselected cohort to determine whether it is part of the expected spectrum of degenerative changes in the aging spine.

Craniometric measurements in the assessment of craniovertebral settling: are they still relevant in the age of cross-sectional imaging?

Objective: Craniovertebral settling is a serious complication of rheumatoid arthritis, and a number of radiographic measures at the craniocervical junction are in use to enable its diagnosis. However, these measures are hampered by the overlap of relevant bony landmarks. We aim to establish accurate values for these measures on CT to facilitate early diagnosis of this condition on cross-sectional imaging.

An option for measuring maternal mortality in developing countries: a survey using community informants.

Background: The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) remains high in most developing countries. Local, recent estimates of MMR are needed to motivate policymakers and evaluate interventions. But, estimating MMR, in the absence of vital registration systems, is difficult.

A practical approach to identifying maternal deaths missed from routine hospital reports: lessons from Indonesia.

Background: Accurate estimates of the number of maternal deaths in both the community and facility are important, in order to allocate adequate resources to address such deaths. On the other hand, current studies show that routine methods of identifying maternal deaths in facilities underestimate the number by more than one-half.

Objective: To assess the utility of a new approach to identifying maternal deaths in hospitals.

Search for a primary lung neoplasm in patients with brain metastasis: is the chest radiograph sufficient?

Objective: We assessed whether chest CT provided an advantage over chest radiography when diagnosing a primary lung neoplasm in a selected group of patients.

Materials And Methods: From a retrospective evaluation of 925 patients who had a discharge diagnosis of brain metastasis, we identified 32 patients who presented without a known primary tumor site and who were investigated subsequently with both chest radiography and CT. Reports of chest radiographs were classified as showing a primary lung neoplasm (positive), as abnormal but nonspecific, or as negative.