The Effects of Ginger Kidney Compress on Severity of Pain and Physical Functions of Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Year 2021, Volume: 02 Issue: 02, 83 - 94, 16.08.2021

Sibel Şentürk , Sultan Taşcı

https://doi.org/10.53811/ijtcmr.972187

Abstract

Objective: A randomized controlled study was conducted in order to determine the effect of ginger kidney compress applied to waist region for 30 minutes for seven days on severity of pain and physical functions of individuals with knee osteoarthritis.
Material-Method: This is a randomized controlled trial study. The sample included with 124 patients; 43 ginger kidney compresses, 41 hot compresses, and 40 control groups. The data were collected using Patient Information Form, Visual Analog Scale (VAS) -Pain and WOMAC Osteoarthritis Index. The forms were administered at the beginning (first follow-up) and at the end (7th day, second follow-up) of intervention. The intervention-I group received ginger kidney compress while intervention-II group received hot compress and control group received no intervention.
Results: In the first follow-up, there was no difference between the scores of the groups included in the study (p > 0.05), which were obtained from the VAS-Pain and WOMAC Osteoarthritis Index. In the second follow-up, a significant difference between the scores of the groups obtained from the VAS-Pain and WOMAC Osteoarthritis Indexes (p<0.001) was detected. According to the initial follow-ups, the scores of the individuals in the ginger kidney compress group at the final follow-up decreased significantly from the VAS-Pain and WOMAC Osteoarthritis Index compared to the individuals in the hot compress and the control group ( p<0.001).
Conclusion: It has been determined that the application of ginger kidney compress is more effective than hot compress application and that it decreases the VAS-Pain and WOMAC Osteoarthritis Index scores.

Keywords

Knee osteoarthritis, Pain, Physical function, Ginger kidney compress, Nursing

Supporting Institution

This study is associated with the PhD thesis " The Effect of Ginger Kidney Compress Applied to Waist Region upon the Pain Level and Physical Functions of Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis" This study has been approved and financially supported by the Unit of Scientific Research Projects of Erciyes University

Project Number

Project number: TDK-2013-4218

Thanks

The authors wish to thank Uludag University Medical Faculty biostatistics department academic member Assoc. Dr. Ferhan Elmalı and all the participants for their support and participation in this trial. The responsible researcher would like to thank the officials at the ARCIM Institute located at the Filderklinik Community Hospital in Stuttgart, Germany, and the Ita Wegman Clinic in Basel, Switzerland, where he received ginger kidney compress training. The responsible researcher dedicated this article to Dr. Tessa Therkleson (1950-2016), who has contributed to the shaping of this article and as acted as a reference for overseas education.

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