THE EFFECT OF GUIDED IMEGERY ON ACUTE PAIN IN GASTRIC PATIENTS IN THE WORKING AREA OF THE REJOSARI HEALTH CENTER PEKANBARU

Abstract

Acute pain in people with gastritis usually occurs suddenly and lasts for a relatively long time. Pain is one of the clinical manifestations experienced by Gastritis patients. This pain usually lasts minutes to less than six months and generally subsides once the root cause is treated or healed. Acute pain is pain that arises suddenly in response to an injury or by tissue damage. One therapy that can be done to relieve pain is Guided Imagery therapy. The general purpose of this study is to determine the effect of Guided Imagery therapy on acute pain in patients with Gastritis in the working area of the Rejosari Pekanbaru Health Center The design of this study is a pseudo-experiment (quasi - experiment) with a pre test and post test approach. The design in this study is an intervention group. This design was chosen to provide insight into the effects of treatment in a more realistic ANG context without randomization. The results of the Paired Sample T-Test and the Wilcoxon test obtained a p-value of <0.001 (<0.05), so Ho was rejected. This means that the results of the Paired Sample T-Test and Wilcoxon test showed a decrease in pre-test and post-test pain levels in gastritis patients before and after guided imagery therapy was carried out in the working area of the Rejosari Pekanbaru health center. This study shows that guided imagery therapy has a significant effect on reducing pain levels in patients with gastritis. The results of statistical analysis with the Paired Sample T-Test and the Wilcoxon test showed a decrease in pain levels after the intervention. Thus, this therapy can be one of the effective strategies in reducing the level of pain in gastritis sufferers.