PENINGKATAN IMUNITAS TUBUH MELALUI KONSUMSI SUPLEMEN, HERBAL DAN PELATIHAN SENAM LANSIA DI MASA NEW NORMAL COVID-19

Authors

  • Melati Aprilliana Ramadhani Universitas Ngudi Waluyo
  • Neli Diah Pratiwi Universitas Ngudi Waluyo
  • Nur Amin Universitas Ngudi Waluyo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31764/jpmb.v7i2.15158

Keywords:

covid-19, immunity, elderly

Abstract

ABSTRAK

Dunia saat ini sedang terjadi krisis kesehatan dan sosial-ekonomi global yang belum pernah dialami sebelumnya. Hal ini terjadi karena diakibatkan oleh adanya pandemi Covid-19. Covid 19 ini terutama dapat menyerang masyarakat yang memiliki imunitas tubuh yang rendah. Beberapa hal yang dapat dilakukan untuk memperkuat sistem kekebalan tubuh terhadap Covid 19 adalah dengan mengkonsumsi suplemen, herbal, dan senam. Tujuan pengabdian ini yaitu memberikan pengetahuan kepada lansia dalam upaya meningkatkan imunitas tubuh melalui konsumsi suplemen, obat herbal, dan pelatihan senam. Metode pengabdian ini adalah penyuluhan kepada lansia di Desa Kemetul, kemudian pengisian kuisioner pretest dan posttest. Hasil kuisioner pretest dan posttest yaitu rata-rata pengetahuan peserta pretest dan posttest masing-masing adalah 68,2% dan 93,5%. Hal tersebut menunjukkan bahwa kegiatan ini dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan peserta tentang cara yang tepat untuk meningkatkan imunitas seperti konsumsi obat herbal, suplemen, serta senam lansia. Kesimpulan kegiatan pengabdian ini yaitu pengabdian berjalan dengan baik dan lancar, serta memberikan manfaat kepada peserta tentang cara yang dapat dilakukan untuk meningkatkan imunitas dengan baik, mudah dan sederhana untuk lansia.

 

Kata kunci : covid-19; imunitas; lansia

 

ABSTRACT

The world is currently experiencing a global health and socio-economic crisis that has never been experienced before. This happened due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Covid 19 can especially attack people who have low body immunity. Several things that can be done to strengthen the immune system against Covid 19 are by taking supplements, herbs, and exercising. The purpose of this community service is to provide knowledge to the elderly in an effort to increase body immunity through consumption of supplements, herbal medicines, and exercise training. This community service method is counseling for the elderly in Kemetul Village, then filling out pretest and posttest questionnaires. The results of the pretest and posttest questionnaires is the average knowledge of the pretest and posttest participants were 68.2% and 93.5%, respectively. It shows that this activity can increase participants' knowledge about the right method to increase immunity such as taking herbal medicines, supplements, and exercising for the elderly. The conclusion of this community service activity is that service goes well and smoothly, as well as providing benefits to participants about method that can be done to increase immunity properly, easily and simply for the elderly.

 

Keywords : covid-19; immunity; elderly

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2023-06-15

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2023): June

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