The effect of giving the five-finger hypnosis technique on reducing pain intensity in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) patients at the health center Adi Luhur Mesuji

Abstract

Pain problems that are often experienced by patients when visiting health facilities are gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The impact of untreated GERD causes sleep quality, stress, anxiety, and the emergence of feelings of fear, and will have an impact on prolonged pain. Nonpharmacological management of GERD can be done with 5 finger hypnosis. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of giving the fivefinger hypnosis technique on reducing pain intensity in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) patients at health center Adi Luhur Mesuji year 2022. This type of research is quantitative using a pre-experimental research design with a one grup pretest and posttest design. This research was conducted at the Adiluhur Health Center on 8 December 2021 to 10 January 2022. The sample in this study was 30 GERD patients. The sampling technique used in this study was accidental sampling. Analysis of the data used using the mann whitney test. The results of the analysis showed that there was an effect of giving the five finger hypnosis technique on reducing pain intensity in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) patients, with a pvalue of 0.042 (<0.05). It is hoped that the results of this study will increase knowledge about the effect of giving five-finger hypnosis techniques on reducing the intensity of GERD pain and then increasing nonpharmacological treatment while pain can be overcome.