Penanganan Nyeri Pada Penderita Gout Arthritis dengan Menggunakan Kompres Jahe

Abstract

Gout Arthritis is a disease caused by a number of purine
metabolism products in the body. Gout arthritis symptoms usually include
pain in the body's joints, inflammation in the joints that are used too often
and redness in the area where gout arthritis occurs, stiffness and swelling
of the joints that are used too often. Objective: Identify the effect of ginger
compresses on pain in sufferers of Gouty Arthritis. Method: The research
design used in this research is a pre-experimental study with a one group
pretest and posttest design carried out on one group only without using a
control or comparison group. The population in this study were all gouty
arthritis patients in the working area of the Kamoning health center, a
sample of 30 people and using simple random sampling. The first
statistical test used Wilcoxon to determine the effect of ginger compress on
pretest and posttest pain. Results: The results of the non-parametric test,
namely the Wilcoxon test, obtained a P value of 0.000, meaning that pain
management using ginger compresses is very effective. Conclusion: There
is an effect of ginger compresses on reducing the pain scale in patients
with gouty arthritis before and after ginger compresses