EFEKTIVITAS AKUPUNTUR “GI”TERHADAP OBESITAS

• Main Author: Fitrah Qanaah, Syifa
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/54906
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Obesity is a condition of abnormal or excessive of fat accumulation in adipose tissue which can lead to health problems such as diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, stroke, and increase the risk of death. Obesity can be treated pharmacologically and nonpharmacologically. One of the non-pharmacological therapy that has been well known by people is acupuncture. One of Indonesian acupuncture method is Ganesha Indonesia Acupuncture. This study is a follow-up study that aims to determine the effectiveness of "GI" acupuncture by completing data on obesity research in 2011 on the same topic, accompanied with the addition of other parameter, hip-waist ratio. This research is a concurrent observational study on “GI”acupuncture patients at Bumi Medika Ganesha Clinic and “GI”Acupuncture Clinic at Sukamenak Kopo conducted for ±8 months. The obese condition was evaluated quantitatively in body weight, waist circumference and hip circumference measurements, while qualitatively by interviews. Each of these data was processed and the data were associated with a number of acupuncture therapy on the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 11th, 15th, 17thand23rd oftherapy. Statistical testsshowed that there issignificant differences between the percentage of weight loss with the number of acupuncture therapy at 11th therapy (p<0.05), there is a significant difference between the percentage of waist circumference decrease with the number of acupuncture therapy at 15th therapy (p<0.05), there is asignificant difference between the percentage of hip-to-waist circumference ratio decrease with the number of acupuncture therapy at17th therapy (p<0,05). Correlation test showed there is positive relationship between the percentage of weight loss, the percentage of waist circumference decrease and the percentage hip-to-waist circumference ratio decrease with the number of acupuncture therapy. Gender, physical activity,age, and diet are the factors that could affecting the outcome of “GI”acupuncture therapy in obese patients. "GI" Acupuncture that performed routinely twice a week were able to lose weight 1.867±1.03% at therapy 11th, waistcircumference were decrease 1.715±1.26% at therapy 15th and the hip-waist ratio were decrease 1.404+1,12% at therapy 17th. Thus"GI" Acupuncture is effective in addressing the problem of obesity.