Whether Herbal Medicines Play an Important Role in the COVID-19 Therapeutics and Boosting Immune as One of the Preventive Solutions: A Science Opinion

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic affects people’s health and health-related quality of life. Based on our knowledge on traditional medicine, we discussed the topic: whether herbal medicines play an important role in the COVID-19 therapeutics and immune enhancing as a preventive solution. The new studies on efficacy and practical application of herbs in the COVID-19 therapeutics and producing immediate herbal drugs are encouraged.

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Practical application of the vanishing tetrad test for causal indicator measurement models: An example from Health Related Quality of Life

Statistics in Medicine ◽

10.1002/sim.3662 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 28 (21) ◽

pp. 2724-2724

Author(s):

Kenneth A. Bollen ◽

Richard D. Lennox ◽

Darren L. Dahly

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Practical Application ◽

Measurement Models ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related ◽

Indicator Measurement

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Practical application of the vanishing tetrad test for causal indicator measurement models: An example from health-related quality of life

Statistics in Medicine ◽

10.1002/sim.3560 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 28 (10) ◽

pp. 1524-1536 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Kenneth A. Bollen ◽

Richard D. Lennox ◽

Darren L. Dahly

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Practical Application ◽

Measurement Models ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related ◽

Indicator Measurement

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Relationship between Behavior of Traditional Medicines Usage and Health-Related Quality of Life in Surabaya Community in 2019

Health Notions ◽

10.33846/hn40202 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 29-32

Author(s):

Dewi Perwito Sari ◽

Asti Rahayu ◽

Digdo Suryagama

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Traditional Medicine ◽

Short Form ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Snowball Sampling ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Traditional Medicines ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related

The use of traditional medicine, in general, is considered safer than modern medicine. This study aims to determine the relationship between frequency of traditional medicines usage, the type and amount of traditional medicines consumed on traditional drug user's health-related quality of life.This research was an observational study conducted in a cross-sectional way. The study was conducted in the city of Surabaya in 2019. Calculation of sample size required for 400 people using the Slovin formula. Inclusion Criteria of respondents were domiciled in Surabaya, had or were taking traditional medicine, aged over 17 years. The research instrument was in the form of a Questionnaire and Short Form 6 Dimension (SF6D) sheet that had been validated for the measurement of the quality of life for health. The instruments were distributed using the Snowball Sampling technique with Google Forms. While manual distribution using random sampling techniques to the people of Surabaya.The collected data were analyzed with the Spearman correlation test and the Kruskal Wallis test. All analyses were carried out with the help of SPSS.The results show that the frequency, type and amount of traditional medicine consumed had a p>0.05 to health-related quality of life. The behavior of traditional medicine usage shows that there is no significant relationship to health-related quality of life to the health of the Surabaya community. Keywords: health-related quality of life; traditional medicine; SF6D; behavior

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