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Journal : Faletehan Health Journal

Analisis Pendampingan Lansia yang Mengalami Penyakit Rheumatoid Arthritis pada Lembaga Kesejahteraan Sosial di Aceh Iskandar Iskandar; Riyan Mulfianda
Faletehan Health Journal Vol 8 No 03 (2021): Faletehan Health Journal, November 2021
Publisher : Universitas Faletehan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33746/fhj.v8i03.302

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Nowadays, elderly assistance in Social Welfare Institutions is generally carried out by non-medical social workers. This potentially causes a shortcoming in elderly care, resulting on the decreased condition of the elders’ health especially those with a chronic rheumatic diseases. This reasearch aimed to analyze the assistance of elderly with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) at Nursing Home Darussa'adah, Lhokseumawe, Aceh Province. The research design was descriptive quantitative with descriptive statistics analysis. The population were all elderly people with rheumatism and the samples were 36 respondents who were selected by using purposive sampling technique. The results of univariate analysis showed that the elderly assistance was mostly categorized poor, namely as many as 19 respondents (52.8%), negative monitoring was obtained by 19 respondents (52.8%), negative education was received by 21 respondents (58.3%), and lack of motivation was gotten by 18 respondents (50%). The results of bivariate analysis showed that there was a relationship between elderly assistance and elderly dependence in elders with chronic RA (p value 0.001). The managers of Social Welfare Institution should coordinate with the local Health Office to request elderly assistance and care by nurses for the elders with chronic rheumatic diseases.
Pengaruh Terapi BagaPule untuk Mengurangi Nyeri Kepala Lansia dengan Hipertensi Iskandar, Iskandar; Sartika, Dewi; Afra, Maqfiratul; Elvianda, Vriska
Faletehan Health Journal Vol 11 No 01 (2024): Faletehan Health Journal, Maret 2024
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33746/fhj.v11i01.629

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Headache is a problem complained by 20% of hypertensive patients. The pain can cause various effects ranging from mild discomfort to disrupting quality of life. BagaPule therapy is a combination of warm compress and massage on the gate of consciousness points, one of the non-pharmacological ways to reduce headaches. Hypertensive patients will feel a warm sensation in the neck to the head area after applying warm compresses. This study aimed to examine the influence of BagaPule therapy administration to reduce headaches in elderly patients with hypertension in Lhok Bengkuang, Aceh. The research design used in this study was quasi-experimental with equivalent control group design. The participants of this study were all elders suffering from hypertension, with the total of 36 participants selected by using simple random sampling technique. The statistical analysis was conducted by using Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney test. The results of univariate analysis in the control group showed that the majority of elderly headache levels were categorized as moderate with 12 respondents (48%) and the intervention group showed that the majority of elderly headache levels were categorized as moderate with 14 respondents (51.9%). The bivariate analysis results showed that there was an influence of BagaPule therapy on reducing headaches in elderly patients with hypertension (p-value 0.032). BagaPule therapy was highly positive to reduce pain and can be recommended as an innovation in complementary health.