Efektifitas Kompres Dingin terhadap Intensitasnyeri pada Pasien Fraktur Tertutup di Ruang Dahlia RSUD Arifin Achmad

The purpose of this research study to analized effectivity of cold compress due to patient\u27s pain with closed fractures in Dahlia room at RSUD Arifin Achmad Pekanbaru. This research used quasy experimental design with non-equivalent control group that devided into experimental group and control group. The samples are 30 patients which taken by purposive sampling technique with concern to inclusion criteria. The instrument tools that applied for both of group was observation form such as Numeric Rating Scale (NRS). The experimental group was given the cold compress for 5-10 minutes. The data was analysed used univariate and bivariate with dependent sample t test and independent sample test. The result of this research found that mean of intensity of pain towards experimental group before the compress is 7.00 and after compress is 5.47 was p value 0,000<α (0,05). It\u27s mean there was significsnt differences about interisty of pain before and after giving cold compress in experimental group. Wereas interisty of pain towards control group before and after giving cold compress was constant at 7.27. comparison mean of interisty of pain fracture experimental and control group have significant differences with p value 0,000