EFEKTIVITAS KOMPRES JAHE TERHADAP PENURUNAN SKALA NYERI SENDI PENDERITA ASAM URAT DI DESA TEMPUREJO DAN JURUG JUMAPOLO KARANGANYAR

Abstract

Background : The uric acid disease continues to increase in prevalence, with the main
symptom being severe pain in the joints. One of the non-pharmacological pain
management is to use warm compresses, one of which the ingredients can use ginger
because ginger contains some substances that can reduce pain. The purpose of this
study was to analyze the effectiveness of ginger compress on decreasing the scale of
joint pain in people with uric acid in Tempurejo dan Jurug Jumapolo
Subjects of this research : were Tempurejo and Jurug villagers. The samples were 22
respondents selected by using total sampling method. Method of the research is a
queasy experiment with pre-post test design. This research has two variables, the
independent variable is compressed ginger and the dependent variable is pain scale.
Collecting data use observation paper. Data analysis using paired t-test with p=0.05
The result of this research : is the average scale of the pain before giving the ginger
compress is 4.18 with standard deviation ± 1.053. While the average scale of pain after
the ginger compression is done 2.73 with standard deviation + 1.162. The mean
difference of pain scale before and after giving ginger compress is 1.455 with standard
deviation + 0.671. The p-value is 0.000.
The Conclusion of this research : is a ginger compress effective against the decrease in
pain scale of uric acid sufferers on villagers of Tempurejo and Jurug Jumapolo.
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