Knowledge of Housewives Regarding Non Steroid Anti Inflammatory Drug Use on Joint Pain in Hegarmanah Village Jatinangor
Abstract: Joint pain is
frequently found in daily life activities. The prevalence of joint pain
increases within the age. One of the medicine used for joint pain is
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). In connection with inappropriate
usage and their side effects, this study aimed to seek the extent ofhousewives’
knowledge on the use of NSAID for joint pain in Hegarmanah village, Jatinangor
subdistrict.
Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in October
2013 to the housewives resided in Hegarmanah village, Jatinangor subdistrict,
West Java. Questionaire sheet was distributed to each of 110 housewives that
had been stratifiedly with randomized sample. The questionaire contained
identity, age, education level, and knowledge of NSAID in related to joint
pain.
Results: Based on the data collected, 73 subjects had adequate level of
the knowledge and 37 subjects were in a poor level of the knowledge. The
proportion of respondents who knew that joint pain was the pain occurs in the
joint was 99.1%, the proportion of respondents who knew that the pain relieving
drugs are called NSAID group was 40.9%, the proportion of respondents who knew
that NSAID had a side-effect was 73.6%, and the proportion of respondents who
knew that the side-effect of NSAID is abdominal pain was 61.8%.
Conclusions: Most of the housewives in Hegarmanah Subdistrict have
adequate knowledge in the use ofNSAID for joint pain relief.
Author: Adi Mulyono
Gondopurwanto, Kuswinarti, Yusuf Wibisono
Journal Code: jpkedokterangg160095
