The Effectiveness of Red Ginger Compress Therapy (Zingiber officinale rosc. var. rubrum) on Elders with Joint Pain

摘要

Background: Joint pain is common among elders in the community. Some of alternative pain management are applying red ginger compress and warm compresses therapy. Objective: This study aim was to determine the differences in the effectiveness of red ginger compress and warm compress therapy to reduce joint pain. Method: This study used Quasi-experimental with two group pre-posttest designs. The 20 elders with joint pain that fits the inclusion criteria from a Public Health Center in Malang was used as sample population. The simple random sampling was used to divide sample into 2 groups, intervention groups/red ginger compress therapy group (n=10) and control group/warm compress group (n=10). Data were analyzed using independent t-test. Result: The results showed that the two group indicate there were a decline of pain scale before and after intervention which red ginger compress can occupied declination of pain scale from average 6.5 to 2.5. of Independent t-test between red ginger compress and warm compresses sig value 0.037 (p <0.05), indicate that there were a statistically significant different in effective reducing joint pain scale in elders. Conclusion: Red ginger has heat effect, anti-inflammatory and analgesic which can decrease joint paint more quickly than warm compress.