Background: Osteoarthritis is a chronic, slowly progressive walking, not inflamed, and ischaracterized by deterioration and abrasion of articular cartilage and the formation of newbone at the joint surface. Osteoarthritis cause various health problems that decrease theability of physiological, psychological change, economic and social. Physiological problemsin elderly with osteoarthritis is pain. One of the plants used as herbal medicine to reduce thepain of osteoarthritis is the rhizome of the plant red ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe).Objective: This study aimed to determine the effect of ginger compress to decreaseosteoarthritis pain scale in the elderly at District Puskesmas Kampung Delima 2016.Methods: This study used a pre-experimental design with one-group pre-posttest design, thestudy samples study is 36 respondents by purposive sampling technique. All respondents weregiven ginger compress one time for ± 20 minutes. Pain scale measurements carried outbefore and after ginger compress. Test used is dependent t-test. Results: The result of analysisused a dependent t-test showed that a mean difference of osteoarthritis pain scale before andafter ginger compress 1,72 + 0,741 with ρ=0.000 (ρ<0.05). This show that ginger compressaffects scale of osteoarthritis pain in elderly. Conclusions : For health workers to providehealth education on therapeutic use of herbal compress of ginger in relieving osteoarthritispain.
This study aims to determined the effected of wet cupping therapy on blood pressure in hypertensive patients. The study used a quasi-experimental method with one group pre-test and post-test without a control group. The study subjects total 30 respondents consisting of patients with hypertension. All subjects are given wet cupping treatment twice with an interval of 2 weeks. Blood pressure measurements made before and after wet cupping. The results of analysis used a t-dependent, decrease in average systolic blood pressure was 13 333 ± 12 042 wet cupping mmHg and diastolic 4667 ± 3294 mmHg. At week 2 a decrease in average systolic blood pressure mmHg while the 8667 ± 8308 6667 ± 5525 mmHg diastolic. Decrease in average systolic and diastolic blood pressure there were significant differences (p <0.05) in the first wet cupping and second wet cupping. This shows that wet cupping therapy affects blood pressure in hypertension patients.
Knowing the factor fo pregnant women to choose jampersal service health center in the region of Curup Year 1012. The research is using descriptive design. The sampling using purposive sampling. With 67 people and count using univariant. From this study it can be seen from the technical competence almost half of respondents (48.2%) responded strongly agree, Access to almost all respondents (52.23%) responded agree. The effectiveness of almost all respondents (51.23%) responded agree. Continuity of care almost all respondents (51.73%) responded agree, security is almost all respondents (51.23%) responded agree. Human interpersonal almost all respondents (52.76%) responded agree, and the comfort of pleasure almost all respondents (50.23%) responded agree. Based the conclusion, of the 67 respondents can be concluded the vast majority of respondents (52.23%) said quality of care at health centers is good and almost Curup majority of respondents (47.76%) stated quality of care at health centers Curup not good.
Patients who got stroke should be took rehabilitation program. Furthermore, theability for life reorganization to reach optimal health level. Especially for neurologic function afterstroke attacked, for preventing disability and gain quality of their life. Nursing intervention atacute phase is important to establish for supporting reorganization of patient functions. One ofthat interventions is training the patient to do structured early mobilization. Aims of this study isto identified influenced of early mobilization against functional state of patient who got stroke.This was a descriptive study, a quasi experimental study. There were two group of study, dividedto intervention group and control group. The samples of this study were stroke patient at StrokeUnit in M.Yunus Hospital of Bengkulu with total amount 64 respondents, wich picked by consecutivesampling. Measurement of functional status using the NIHSS score, which was measuredon admission to hospital and the time the patientat discharge. The results showed an averageNIHSS scores of stroke patients on admission is 11.56, SD 5.58 (moderate stroke). Meanwhile,the average NIHSS score when out of the hospital was 8.89, SD 7.6 (moderatestroke).Mean score for improved NIHSS patient who done structured training of mobilization is4.87, SD 4.42 and score for patient who didn’t do training is 0.313, SD 4.46. After statistic testshowed that p value = 0.000 < alpha. It’s mean that there were significantly differences betweenNIHSS score for the patient who got structured early mobilization and who didn’t. Structuredearly mobilization must be establish, and it’s need collaboration from patient and family.
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