Pengaruh Peran serta Keluarga untuk Tindakan Range of Motion (ROM) terhadap Kekuatan Otot Ekstremitas Pasien Stroke di RSUD Dr. Pirngadi Medan Tahun 2015

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that about 5. 7 million people all over the world die because of stroke, along with death caused by heart disease and cancer. Range of Motion (ROM) action is one of the method<; which can improve extreme muscle strength in stroke patients done by the families. The objective of the research was to find out the irifluence of family participation in ROM action on extreme muscle strength in stroke patients. The research was queasy experiment with static group comparison posttest only control group design. It was conducted at RSUD dr. Pirngadi, Medan, and in the stroke patient's home. The population was 162 patients, and 36 of them were used as the samples (] 8 of them in the intervention group and the other 18 of them in the control group), taken by using consecutive sampling technique. The data were analyzed by using univariate analysis and bivariate analysis with independent sample I-test. The result of the research showed that there was significant irifluence of ROM action on the extreme muscle strength in stroke patients at RSUD dr. Pirngadi, Medan. The difference of the improvement in the extreme muscle strength in the intervention group from that in the control grup in shoulder was 0.000<0.05, in elbow was .000<0.05, in wrist was .000<0.05, and in forearm was .000<0.05. Family role in ROM action was very important in improving extreme muscle strength in stroke patients treated in the homes. It is recommended that the health care providers of RSUD dr. Pirngadi, Medan, especially the physiotherapist, always give information through leaflets and train the stroke patients and their family members to do ROM for being practiced at homes after the patients come out of the hospital.