PENGARUH PIJAT TERHADAP INTENSITAS NYERI PASCABEDAH JANTUNG
Abstract: Pain is the main
problem of patient with postoperative cardiac surgery, so it needs to be
intervented pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapy. One of
non-pharmacological therapy that can be used to treat pain postoperative
cardiac surgery is massage. The massage
is able to reduce pain through the gate
control mechanism and the stimulation of the natural analgesic. The purpose of
this study is to identify the influence of massage on pain intensity of
postoperative cardiac surgery. The design of this study is quasi-experimental with non-equivalent
control group design. The samples in this study were 36 patients with
postoperative cardiac surgery. The
massage reduced pain intensity significantly through pre and post-treatment (p
value <0.05). The massage showed significant effect in reducing
postoperative pain scale in cardiac surgery patients. The massage can be used
as a part of nursing intervention in reducing postoperative cardiac surgery
pain .
Keyword: massage; pain;
postoperative cardiac surgery
Kode Jurnal: jpkebidanandd170088
