Background: Sports activity affects a person's fitness level. Sports activities in the form of aerobic exercise, resistance or resistance training and flexibility exercises can improve your fitness. The exercise was done with medium intensity 3 times per week and 30 minutes duration. The importance of one's body fitness should get more attention. Especially in improving the quality of physical condition capabilities such as cardiovascular endurance, muscle strength and endurance, body shape. In this case a person can perform maximum exercise on the physical condition. This study aims to find out how the effect of walking 30 minutes to decrease blood pressure in elderly in working area of Health Center of Pacer Balik Kota Makassar. Method: This research is Quasy Experiment with Pre and Post Test Without Control design. The sample of research is 30 respondents. The research instrument is a tool to check uric acid levels and blood pressure measuring devices. Result: Blood pressure of respondent before walking done have mean value 3,40 mmHg and walking done have mean value 2,47 mmHg, Based on hypothesis test which have been done, hence obtained conclusion that walking 30 min influence significantly to pressure drop blood. Based on the calculation that has been done, obtained p-value for the pair of pre-posttest variable for blood pressure is 0.000 while the significance level α = 0.05. Conclusion and Suggestion: Based on hypothesis testing that has been done, hence obtained conclusion that walk 30 minutes influence significantly to decrease blood pressure. By knowing the influence of elderly gymnastics on the decrease of blood pressure in elderly with hypertension, nurses are expected to give and suggest non-pharmacological intervention and walk 3 times a week with 30 minutes duration in minimizing risk of complication of hypertension.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of Apis dorsata Honey as a complementary therapy on IL-37 levels and fatigue in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. METHOD: The study used a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design with a control group. A total of 30 subjects were recruited using a concurrent sampling technique. The intervention group consisted of 15 subjects who received oral honey at a dose of 13 ml (1 tablespoon × 3) for 15 days, and the control group consisted of 15 subjects. The groups’ samples were chosen at random. The Fatigue Symptom Inventory (FSI) was used to assess the side effects of chemotherapy. RESULTS: Although the effect of Apis dorsata Honey on IL-37 levels was not statistically significant (p > 0.05), the group given honey experienced a clinically significant increase in IL-37 levels, with a mean before (632.37514.93) and post (632.37514.93). (1,003.021,248.88). Fatigue decreased statistically significantly in the group given mean honey values prior to 13.205.59 and after 11.805.07 (p = 0.004). CONCLUSION: Honey administration increases IL-37 levels clinically, though the increase is not statistically significant. Giving honey to patients with breast cancer can help alleviate fatigue caused by chemotherapy.

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Introduction:mental status of elderly is an emotional or cognitive state in the elderly is shown by the behavior of the stand. Mental health problems are very important for the elderly and often occurs in the elderly. The incidence of mental disorders in the elderly status is very high. paired mental status in elderly pose a variety of problems that can affect physical health, psychological, social and quality of life of the elderly so that the necessary nursing services for the early detection of mental status disorders that occur among the elderly. Method: The study design quantitative descriptive survey method. Samples numbered 97 people were selected using cluster random sampling. Primary data was collected by questionnaire the Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE). Result:T he study of 97 respondents showed that 55.7% had normal mental status, impaired mental status light there are 29.9% and 14.4% of elderly with impaired mental status severe. Based propporsi elderly who suffer from mental status of the most widely experienced by women (52.4%), greater in very old age (100%), greater in elderly unmarried (100%), greater in elderly are not in school ( 70.6%), greater in elderly with a history of self-employed work (44.7%), and greater in the elderly with a history of rheumatic disease (61.1%). Conclusions: Mental status of elderly in Puskesmas Kota Makassar Pampang mostly normal. Therefore, elderly mental health need to be detected early to avoid the impact of mental disorders in the elderly.