EFFECT OF LANGGAM JAVA AND MASSASE USE GINGER MIX OLIVE OIL TO CHANGE THE LEVEL OF REUMATOID ATRITIS PAIN ON ELDERLY IN UPTD GRIYA WREDHA SURABAYA

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis causes the elderly difficult to perform daily activities,
elderly people with rheumatoid arthritis experience pain as much as 32.99% 1st rank of other
diseases.
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of therapy Langgam Java and
Massase Ginger to a decrease in pain of Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Methode: Design studies using true experimental design with prepost - posttest control group
design, the study population elderly who have rheumatoid arthritis in UPTD Griya Wreda
Surabaya as many as 32 elderly sampling technique is simple random sampling obtained a
sample of 30 respondents 15 control group and 15 experimental groups. The independent
variable of Java and Massase style ginger mix olive oil. The dependent variable level of pain
of rheumatoid arthritis. Data were collected using observation sheet were analyzed using the
Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test and Mann Whitney U Test significant level of <0.05.
Results: Results Wilcoxon Sign Rank test show the effect of therapy Langgam Java on the
scale of the pain of rheumatoid arthritis in the control group showed significant ρ = 0.005,
while the influence of the style of Java and Massase ginger in the experimental group
Wilcoxon Sign Rank test showed significant ρ = 0.001 so ρ <α, with α = 0.05. Identification
of differences in the level of pain of rheumatoid arthritis in the control group and the
experimental results were obtained significantly Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney U test ρ = 0,039 so
that ρ <α, with α = 0.05.
Conclusion: Java Langgam combination therapy and Massase Ginger in the experimental
group effectively to changes in the level of pain of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Keywords: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Langgam Java, Massase Ginger