Hubungan Dukungan Sosial Terhadap Derajat Nyeri pada Penderita Artritis Gout Fase Akut
Abstrak: Pharmacological
therapies currently used for pain relief in patient with acute phase of gout
arthritis often cause serious side effects, such as gastrointestinal bleeding
and disturbance of kidney or liver function. The psychological stress is able
to increase the pain severity. Some researches conclude that the social support
is able to decrease the pain. Other than pharmacological treatment it should be
necessary to address the social support in management of patients with acute
phase of gout arthritis.
Objective: The objective of this research is to determine the extent to
which the relationship between social support on the degree of pain in patients
with acute phase of gout arthritis.
Method: This research used a cross sectional design. There were 21
patients with acute phase of gout arthritis recruited in this research. The
questioner of social support and the visual analogue scale were used in this
research. Analysis of the relationship of social support and the degree of pain
used Pearson correlation.
Result: The results of Pearson correlation analysis showed that there was
a significant relationship between the social support and the degree of pain (r
= - 0.437 and p = 0.047) in patients with acute phase of gout arthritis.
Conclusion: This study showed that the higher the social support, the
lower the degree of pain in patients with acute phase of gout arthritis.
Penulis: Rofi Rahmaning Widi,
Nyoman Kertia, Deddy Nur Wachid
Kode Jurnal: jpkedokterandd110177
