Effect Of Red Ginger Compress To Decrease Scale Of Pain Gout Arthiris Patients

Gout arthritis is the build up of uric acid in the joints causing pain manifestations. In addition to pharmacological treatment that is, non-pharmacological treatment is necessary also to pain, using red ginger compress. This research aimed to determine the effect of red ginger compress to decrease the patient's pain scale of uric acid. The research design uses a quasi-experimental approach non randomized control group pretest-posttest design. The sampling used total sampling in order to extract some 24 elderly respondents who suffer from gout in Elderly hospice Mojopahit Mojokerto. Data of this research were taken from the checklist and observation sheets pain scale before and after the administration of red ginger compress. Analysis of data used statistical test two independent samples t test. The results showed a pain scale of respondents in the treatment group were on a scale of 4-6 and 7-9, and after being given the scale of the intervention to the scale of 1-3 and 4-6 scale, whereas the control group did not experience a decrease in pain scale. Statistical test results 2 independent samples t test obtained p value 0.029 (p <0.05). So H0 is rejected, which means there is the effect of red ginger compress to decrease the patient's pain scale of uric acid. Red ginger compress for gout sufferers who are experiencing pain, decrease pain scale effect on the how to help lower levels of prostaglandins and leukotriene (inflammatory mediators) and performed regularly 1 times a day for 15-30 minutes.

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