PENGARUH PEMBERIAN KOMPRES HANGAT MEMAKAI PARUTAN JAHE MERAH (ZINGER OFFICINALE ROSCOE VAR RUBRUM) TERHADAP PENURUNAN SKALA NYERI PADA PENDERITA GOUT ARTHRITIS DI PANTI JOMPO YAYASAN GUNA BUDI BAKTI MEDAN TAHUN 2020

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of giving warm compresses using red ginger parutana to reduce pain scale in patients with gout arthritis in Nursing Home Foundation Guna Budi Bakti Medan. This type of research is a pre-experimental research, the research uses a one-group pre-test and post-test design design, namely the group group where subjects are subjected to intervention before intervention, then observed again after intervention. The population in this study were all people with gout arthritis who did not consume pharmacological therapy type of anti-inflammatory drugs in the Nursing Home Foundation Budi Guna Foundation in 2020 amounted to 25 people. Samples were taken using a total sampling of 25 people. Data collection uses observation sheets. Analysis of data using the Wilcoxon sign rank test with significance 0.05. The results of the Wilcoxon sign rank test test results in the final results obtained p value = 0,000 <α = 0.05 so that it can be taken. The conclusion that the effect of giving a warm compress using grated red ginger on the decrease in pain scale in patients with gout arthritis. Suggestions for further researchers can examine the effect of giving warm compresses using grated red ginger in other diseases such as diabetes mellitus, heart failure, and joints