NYERI REMATIK : PENGARUH SENAM REMATIK TERHADAP PENURUNAN TINGKAT NYERI PADA LANSIA DI PANTI SOSIAL TRESNA WERDHA (PSTW) SABAI NAN ALUIH SICINCIN

Abstract

Based on data from the World Health Organization for 2017, there are 337 million people in the world who suffer from arthritis. The number of elderly who suffer from rheumatism at PSTW Sabai Nan Aluih Sicincin Padang Pariaman is 23 people. One of the nonpharmacological management of rheumatism is rheumatic gymnastics. This study aims to determine the decrease in pain levels in rheumatic patients at PSTW Sabai Nan Aluih Sicincin. The design of this research is Quasi-Experimental with One Group Pretest-Postest Design. Held in the Sabai Nan Aluih Sicincin PSTW Hall. The sample in this study were 10 elderly people based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. All respondents were given intervention 4 times in 2 weeks. Computerized data processing through the stages of editing, entry, cleaning. Univariate analysis, namely descriptive statistics in the form of mean, standard deviation and bivariate analysis using the dependent t-test with a 95% confidence level. The results of the analysis obtained an average level of pain before being given rheumatic gymnastics was 7.60 and after being given rheumatic gymnastics was 3.40. The results of the T-test found P-value = .000 which means that there is an effect of rheumatic exercise therapy on reducing pain levels in rheumatic patients at Pstw Sabai Nan Aluih Sicincin. Through the leadership of PSTW Sabai Nan Aluih Sicincin Padang Pariaman, the results of this study can be considered and input for nurses to be able to develop independent actions to reduce pain levels in elderly people who have arthritis by providing rheumatic gymnastics therapy. For future researchers to be able to continue this research with different variables.