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Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease that remains a health problem. Sudden lifestyle changes in DM sufferers can cause anxiety. There are so many risk factors that can cause anxiety in DM sufferers, both internal and external factors. The purpose of this research was to determine the description of anxiety and risk factors that causes anxiety in DM sufferers. The research conducted using a quantitative approach. The population of this research amounted to 91 respondents using total sampling techniques. The instrument used in the form of a questionnaire, which includes: knowledge, attitudes, and anxiety using the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS/SRAS). Data analysis using frequency distribution and percentage. The results showed that the majority of respondents were in the moderate anxiety level with the result of 71 (78.0%) results. The results of this research are expected to be used as a basis for providing health education about anxiety and nursing care to reduce anxiety in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Hypertension is a disease due to lifestyle. Sports and physical activity is one of the things that can affect hypertension. The aim of the study was to identify the relationship between exercise and physical activity against blood pressure in hypertensive patients in the Muara Sanding Village of Garut. This type of research is descriptive correlative with a population of all hypertension patients who active in Prolanis activities that held once a week in the Muara Sanding village, Garut. The sampling technique is total hypertension patients as much 51 respondent. The instrument used is a questionnaire about exercise and physical activity and assessment of blood pressure. The analysis used bivariate. Most respondents did moderate activities (67%), and a small number did less exercise (37%). There is a significant relationship between blood pressure and exercise (p-value = 0.02), but there is no significant relationship between blood pressure and physical activity (p-value = 0, 38). Suggestions from this study are nurses providing health education about the importance of exercise and improving exercise habits in hypertension patients.

Dementia is a symptom caused by memory diseases, cognitive and behavioral disorders.Various quantitative studies about the dementia interventions have been reported. However, most of the studies used single intervention which did not give a comprehensive approach for the client. The purpose of the article was to determine types of interventions that are effective to overcome dementia problems among elderly people. This review used a scoping review method. Electronic literature searching was conducted using databases: Google Scholar, Proquest, EBSCOhost, PubMed, Scopus and DOAJ, using keywords Dementia, Elderly, and Intervention. The inclusion criteria were:peer-reviewed articles, published between2007-2017, research design included quasi-experimental, experimental and Randomised Controlled Trial. Exclusion criteria were non-English papers and the sample size was fewer than 30 participants. Scoping review method were used. Results: A total of 38,100 papers were retrieved: however, 79 enter into the inclusion criteria, and further 60 papers were excluded. Thus, only 19 articles were included in the analysis. Five out of 19 articles used multi-interventions. The types of interventions were occupational therapy, physical activity, reminiscence program, diet, and cognitive therapy. Multi-intervention approach has shown more positive results compared to single intervention.However,most studies did not involve family or caregiver in the interventions. Multi-intervention studies have more potential to produce effective outcomes for treating or preventing dementia and improve quality of life than those with one intervention.Further research is requested to examine the effect of multi-intervention combined with family involvement to prevent or treat dementia among elderly in the community.