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| UMM Students Receive an Award Certificate for the National Physio Olympics Championship Essay Competition. (Photo: Special) |
She is Gendhis Endtrinasari Almira Dewanty, a Physiotherapy study program at the University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM) who won 2nd place in the Physio Olympics National Competition on Essay category. The competition was organized by Universitas Pembangunan Nasional (UPN) Veteran Jakarta. She managed to beat hundreds of participants from various universities throughout Indonesia.
The student, who has a hobby of reading journals, explained that the issue she brought up in her essay was about the quality of life of a patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). She discussed "Important Sleep or Important Sleep?". It is often neglected by COPD patients to meet a quality life as they age.
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A person infected with COPD will experience several additional disorders apart from the main symptom of coughing. These include depression, unstable vital signs, and many more. However, one disorder, such as sleep disturbance, is often forgotten to be treated by healthcare workers because they think that sleep disturbance is a trivial thing.
"In fact, in improving the health and quality of life, humans need enough sleep. Therefore, I brought up this essay to make people aware of the importance of sleep in improving the quality of life of COPD patients," she explained.
Moreover, she also said that the output of her essay would be developing the research stage. Mainly to find out how to create the best sleep quality for people with COPD. As well as a suggestion not to underestimate the impact of sleep quality on improving quality of life.
Gendhis also expressed his gratitude to UMM for giving full support to her. Whether in terms of facilities or guidance that makes her get better ideas and concepts. "There was a lot of support from UMM, especially related to discussions from lecturers who have high competence. They guide, direct, and become a facilitator for me in participating in various competitions," she added.
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Finally, she advised the youth and students to keep trying to make achievements in various competitions. Thus, they can make themselves proud, make their parents proud, and also the campus.
"We must be self-aware that we are under the auspices of an institution, and bringing the institution's name in various competitions to win it is a proud thing. Hopefully, my other friends can be encouraged and able to give their best," she said. (*faq/wil/put)
