BACKGROUND: Hypertension and hypercholesterolemia are most predisposition factors and show a significant impact in causing cardiovascular disease. Therefore, it is recommended to conduct dietary modifications, physical activity, and alternative therapies. One such option for alternative therapies is wet cupping therapy. AIM: This study aims to investigate the effect of wet cupping on blood pressure (BP) and total cholesterol (TC) on healthy young male adults. METHODS: This study design was quasi-experimental with a control and intervention group. It was conducted between January and February 2020 at Mini Hospital, School of Nursing, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. There were 44 healthy young male adults divided into control (n = 22) and intervention (n = 22) groups. This study’s outcomes were BP (systolic BP [SBP] and diastolic BP [DBP]) and TC. RESULTS: In the intervention group’s post-test, the mean SBP and DBP were substantially different from the pretest (p = 0.01 and 0.03). Although there was no statistically significant difference in TC outcome, overall cholesterol decreased following an intervention. There was no statistically significant difference in the outcome between the control and intervention groups, except for TC, which was significantly lower in the post-test than in the pre-test. CONCLUSION: This study’s results indicated that wet cupping could be useful in decreasing BP and total cholesterol.

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Background: Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is a part of the health system that is well known and useful worldwide. One of the therapies used by many people is wet cupping therapy (hijamah). Nowadays, wet cupping therapy (hijamah) is taught in nursing and medical school.Objective: The study investigates the perception, attitude, and knowledge of nursing students toward wet cupping therapy (hijamah).Method: This study was quantitative research that uses descriptive research design and cross-sectional approaches. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling with 85 respondents. The data were collected using questionnaires and analyzed with bivariate analysis.Result: The result showed that the perceptions of the respondents were mostly in the average category, with the best perception of respondents is in the benefit component (76.5%). Respondents have good view of cupping therapy as is useful as a form treatment, and is more practical and affordable. The respondents' attitudes and knowledge were in the average category, which was 58.8% and 68.2%.  This study showed that most respondents already understand that cupping (hijamah) is a treatment with contraindications to specific health conditions. Respondents also could show the basic scientific concepts of cupping and hadiths that explained cupping. However, some respondents still think that cupping (hijamah) can be applied for all ages.Conclusion: In conclusion, respondents' perceptions, attitudes, and knowledge toward wet cupping therapy (hijamah) were still insufficient in some aspects.

BACKGROUND: Physical fitness level (PFL), heart rate (HR), and HR recovery (HRR1) were expressed the physical performance of an individual which can be the excellent indicators of health. That parameter differentiates the physical condition between a smoker and a non-smoker. At present, studies about them for adolescent smokers and non-smokers are still limited. Furthermore, they can be the prediction of the health indicators in the future. AIM: The aim of the study was to compare the PFL, HR, and HRR between adolescent smokers and non-smokers METHODOLOGY: This study was conducted by non-experimental and quantitative research with descriptive comparative design and cross-sectional approach. Mann–Whitney test used to describe the distinction between the PFL of students who are adolescent smokers and adolescent non-smokers. The sample data consist of 65 participants selected by purposive sampling collected using Harvard step test and manual HR measurement. RESULTS: After gathered data, we concluded that the PFL of adolescent non-smokers in our samples was significantly higher than smokers with recorded results of p = 0.001 (p < 0.05); HR1, HR60, HR90, and HR180 in adolescent smokers were higher than non-smokers with p = 0.00 (p < 0.05); there were no differences between HRR1 in adolescent smokers and non-smokers with p = 0.042 (p > 0.05). Smoking had effects on PFL and HR. CONCLUSION: The PFL and HR in adolescent non-smokers were better than in smokers but it had no effect on HRR1.

EDUCATION OF ADOLESCENT ADDICTION TREATMENT WITH HEALTH AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION APPROACHES AT SCHOOL. Smoking, drugs, pornography and video game addiction cases are iceberg mountain phenomenon which the cases are seen only as small part from fully part of the cases particularly in adolescent. This effects to health status of adolescent involve physics, mental, spiritual and social. Smoking, drugs, pornography and video game behaviour as abnormal behaviour on adolescent are an immature response from stress that happened in developing phase of adolescent. As the effort to prevent the incidence of adolescent abnormal behaviour and to increase mental health promotion especially on adolescent and teachers is needed preventive and pro-motive program with adolescent addiction education program. This program was conducted to teachers of MTs Muhammadiyah Kasihan because the teachers have much interaction with adolescent. This community service program was conducted with various method such as screening, preparation, teaching, empowering and evaluation. The result showed that the rate of teacher’s knowledge before conducting the education program is low or bad with score 48.1 and after conducting the education program increased to fair or enough with score 61.45. This community service program also developed module book about adolescent addiction treatment with health and religious education approaches.