EFEKTIVITAS AKUPUNKTUR “GI” TERHADAP DISPEPSIA

• Main Author: Rosemawati, Imania
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/79197
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

"GI" Acupuncture is one of traditional medicine that combines classical acupuncture with western medical science and based on the massage technique. Dispepsia is one of the cases that commonly occured and frequently encountered in "GI" acupuncture clinic. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of "GI" acupuncture on dispepsia. This study was a qualitative and quantitative observational concurrent study by using direct interviews method by filling Short-Form Leeds Dispepsia Questionnaire (SF-LDQ) for ± 3 months (March-May 2010). Results showed that the scores of SF-LDQ dispepsia patients decreased to the number of 43.5% and it was statistically significant (p<0,05). Based on dispepsia trigger factor, the differences of the SF-LDQ scores before and after "GI" acupuncture therapy in the stressed group gave 4.56 ± 2.85 and non-stress group gave 3.23 ± 2,11 was not statistically significant. The differences of SF-LDQ scores in patient irregular meal time habit group gave 3.64 ± 2.50 and regular meal time habit group gave 3,23 ± 2,11 was not statistically significant. The difference score of each different groups was statistically significant. "GI" Acupuncture effective as atherapy in dyspepsia, especially in dispepsia induced by stress and irregular meal time habit