Daun Kersen (Muntingia Calabura L.) sebagai Alternatif Terapi pada Penderita Gout Artritis

• Main Author: Ilkafah, Ilkafah
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Universitas Sam Ratulangi 2018
• Subjects: RT Nursing
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/120241/1/17%20Daun%20Kersen.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/120241/2/1%20Daun%20Kersen%20%28Muntingia%20Calabura%20L.%29%20sebagai%20Alternatif%20Terapi%20pada%20Penderita%20Gout%20Artritis.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/120241/3/1%20Daun%20Kersen%20%28Muntingia%20Calabura%20L.%29%20sebagai%20Alternatif%20Terapi%20pad.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/120241/; https://ejournal.unsrat.ac.id/index.php/pmj/article/view/19649
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Gout is a disease that is often suffered by the elderly. Pain is a commonly reported and is caused by increasing uric acid in the blood. Allopurinol is one of the drugs choice for people with gout but that has some side effects so it needs other alternative treatments. Herbal therapy is one type of complementary therapies in nursing, one of which is Muntingia calabura L. The aim of this study was to see the difference in effectiveness of Muntingia calabura L. and allopurinol in reducing uric acid and pain scale in gout patients in Tamalanrea Makassar. This study used an experimental design, randomized two-group design by giving Muntingia calabura L. on 22 respondents and allopurinol 100 mg (twice in one day) in 22 respondents selected by simple random sampling with criterion of sample were pain scale on 1-6 and uric acid value were > 6.5 mg / dl (for female); > 7.5 mg / dl (for male). Giving Muntingia calabura L. for 3 weeks drunk twice in one day. Measurement of pain using Visual Analog Scale (VAS). Uric acid level were measured using laboratory tests. The data were analyzed by paired sample t-test for each intervention and by independent t-test to see the effectiveness difference of both therapies with significant level α <0,05. The statistical results showed a decrease in joint pain scale in cherry leaf group (p = 0,00), but no decrease of pain in allopurinol administration (p = 0.07). Both interventions had an effect on decreasing uric acid value (p = 0,00 ) There was a difference in decreasing the pain scale of both interventions but there was no difference to the decrease in uric acid value.It requires further research upon the benefits of Muntingia calabura L.