Cutaneus Stimulation: Slow-Stroke Back Massage Reduces the Intensity of Osteoartritis Pain of Elderly
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Methods: Pre experimental design with one group pre test-post test approach was used in this study. The subject of this study were elderly above 50 years old living in Panti Werdha Hargo Dedali Surabaya, 15 participants were involved using purpose sampling technique. This study started on January 29th until February 6th, 2010. Data were collected by interview and observation and analyzed by WIlcoxcon Signed Rank Test α = 0.05, p value <α.
Results: The Result showed that the message intervention was significantly affect the elder's level of osteoarthritis pain in Panti Werdha Hargo Dedali Surabaya (p = 0.003).
Conclusion: It can be concluded that gives stimulation cutaneus: slow-stroke back massage reduce osteoathritis pain intensity. Slow-stroke back massage increase level of endorphin, so that pain reduction and individual pain perception will decrease.
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