Pengaruh kompres hangat terhadap penurunan nyeri pada penderita penyakit Artritis Gout

Journal Title: Journal of Ners and Midwifery (Jurnal Ners dan Kebidanan) - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 3

Abstract

Uric acid is a condition of the end result of purine metabolism that can cause pain symptoms unbearable, swelling and hot feeling in the joints. This makes the elderly experience a decrease in ability to perform daily activities. so that warm compress are needed on the elderly. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of giving warm compress to reduce uric acid pain. This study used Pre-Experiment with One-group approach of pre-post test design. The population was all elderly people with uric acid disease in Paguyuban Budi Luhur Surabaya as 30 elderly. The sample was 30 respondents. The independent variable was warm compress and the dependent variable was pain. The instruments to measured pain used pain scale. The results showed 30 respondents, mostly (70%) after warm compresses had moderate pain scale and nearly half (30%) had mild pain. The test results by wilcoxon sign rank test with significance value α = 0.05. Obtained value ρ = 0.000, which meant ρ <α then H0 rejected meant there was an effect of warm compress to the reduction of pain in people with uric acid disease in Paguyuban Lansia Budi Luhur Surabaya. The conclusion of this study was the warm compresses could affect the reduction of pain in someone suffering from uric acid disease, so it is expected to Paguyuban Lansia can apply and improve the provision of warm compresses to elderly people with gout disease.

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Chilyatiz Zahroh, Kartika Faiza

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  • EP ID EP441037
  • DOI 10.26699/jnk.v5i3.ART.p182-187
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Chilyatiz Zahroh, Kartika Faiza (2018). Pengaruh kompres hangat terhadap penurunan nyeri pada penderita penyakit Artritis Gout. Journal of Ners and Midwifery (Jurnal Ners dan Kebidanan), 5(3), 182-187. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-441037