The Effect of Giving Mixed Juice of Papaya (Carica papaya) and Honey (Lyopercisum Esculentum) on Intensity of Stomach Pain in Patients with Gastritis Dali1, Sitti Rachmi Misbah1, Asminarsih Z.P1, Harlyanti Muthmainnah Mashar2, Nurmiaty3*
1Department of Nursing, Polytechnic of Health Ministry of Health, Kendari, Indonesia
2Department of Nutrition, Polytechnic of Health Ministry of Health, Palangka Raya, Indonesia
3Department of Midwifery, Polytechnic of Health Ministry of Health, Kendari, Indonesia
Abstract
Objective: to analyze the effect of giving mixed juice of papaya (Carica papaya) and honey (Lyopercisum Esculentum) on the intensity of gastric pain in gastritis patients at the Integrated Healthcare Center for elderly of Talia village, working area of Public Health Center of Abeli, city of Kendari City 2019.
Method : This research was a quasi experiment with pre and post test design with control group. The population in this study were all patients with gastritis with a sample of 60 people (30 cases and 30 controls). Sampling was done by simple random sampling. Data were analyzed using the paired t-test to analyze differences in pain intensity, and the pooled t-test to analyze the effect of giving a mixture of papaya (Carica papaya) and honey (lycopercisum esculentum) juice to reduce pain intensity in patients with gastritis.
Results: There was a significant effect of giving mixed juice of papaya (Carica papaya) and honey (lycopercisum esculentum) to reduce pain intensity in gastritis patients at Integrated Healthcare Center for the elderly of Talia village, the working area of public health center of Abeli, city of Kendari (p = 0,000 <α = 0.05).
Conclusion: Mixed juice of papaya and honey can reduce the intensity of pain in gastritis patients.
Keywords: Mixed Juice of Papaya and Honey, Pain, and Gastritis
