THE APPLICATION OF ACUPRESSURE THERAPY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF POST CHEMOTHERAPY NAUSEAL VOGETARY AT DR. GENERAL HOSPITAL. ZAIONEL ABIDIN BANDA ACEH

THE APPLICATION OF ACUPRESSURE THERAPY IN THE HANDLING OF NATURE OF VOGETARY POST CHEMOTHERAPY

Abstract

Chemotherapy is an effective cancer treatment and works with the growth of cancer cells that develop and divide rapidly. Treatment with chemotherapy has side effects that are not small, one of which causes nausea, which affects nutritional intake. One method to deal with nausea and vomiting in chemotherapy patients is by acupressure therapy at point P6 above in the face of hands and St36 below the knee. The purpose of this study is to study the effect of acupressure therapy in handling nutritional problems in chemotherapy patients. This research is a Quasy Experiment study using nonequivalent design control group. The population in this study were all patients who were undergoing the process of chemotherapy at the Hospital dr. Zainoel Abidin Banda Aceh. The sample in this study was 60 people where 30 people in the control group and 30 people in the intervention group. The intervention group received acupressure therapy 3 times a day, 25 minutes before chemotherapy and 6 hours and 12 hours after chemotherapy, while the control group only received standard therapy. The results showed the frequency of nausea releasing control group patients before releasing chemotherapy was dominant in the moderate category (50%) to severe (40%) after 24 hours without receiving chemotherapy, while the intervention group before giving dominant therapy at that time (53.3%) became Mild 53.3%) after being given acupressure. And from the t test results also obtained an alpha value of 0,000 which means there is a relationship between giving acupressure with decreasing frequency of nausea throwing at patients who are trying chemotherapy. It is hoped that this acupressure therapy can be one of the accompanying interventions that can be given to patients with chemotherapy.