JOURNAL:

THAI MASSAGE, AND THAI HERBAL COMPRESS VERSUS

ORAL IBUPROFEN IN SYMPTOMATIC TREATMENT OF
OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE KNEE: A RANDOMIZED
CONTROLLED TRIAL

As Asked
One of the Evidence Based Nursing Tasks

By:

Alfien Yoesra (13 110 11038)

Ahmad Kurnia Sandhi (13 110 11036)

NURSING MEDICAL DEPARTMEN

NURSING STUDY PROGRAM
FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH JEMBER
2017
 FOREWORD

Praise Allah's presence for all His blessings given to me so that I can

complete this task well and just in time. Sholawat and greetings may remain poured

out to the prophet and our role model, the Prophet Muhammad.

The task of this paper I made to fulfill the task of Evidence Based Nursing

course. Through this task I thank you for all assistance and guidance. This paper is

very far from perfect, I as the author will never escape from mistakes according to

human nature. Therefore, the advice and criticism of my readers are accepted with

open arms. Hopefully this paper is useful for readers, especially students of

Muhammadiyah University of Jember.

Jember, April 2017

Writer
A. RESUME JOURNAL

The aim of this study was to verify the clinical responses to Thai massage

(TM) and Thai herbal compression (THC) for treating osteoarthritis (OA) of the

knee in comparison to oral ibuprofen. This study was a randomized, evaluator-

blind, controlled trial. Sixty patients with OA of the knee were randomly

assigned to receive either a one-hour session of TM or THC (three times weekly)

or oral ibuprofen (three times daily). The duration of treatment was three weeks.

The clinical assessments included visual analog scale assessing pain and

stiffness, Lequesnes functional index, time for climbing up ten steps, and

physicians and patients overall opinions on improvement. In a within-group

comparison, each treatment modality caused a significant improvement of all

variables determined for outcome assessments. In an among group comparison,

all modalities provided nearly comparable clinical efficacy after a three-week

symptomatic treatment of OA of the knee, in which a trend toward greatest

improvement was likely to be found in THC group. In conclusion, TM and THC

generally provided comparable clinical efficacy to oral ibuprofen after three

weeks of treatment and could be considered as complementary and alternative

treatments for OA of the knee.

CRITICAL
POINT CRITICAL APPRAISAL YES NO KETERANGAN (URAIKAN)
APPRAISAL

Does the title meet the rules of title writing? The word in the title exceeds the requirement of 21 words
that should be only 20 words

TITTLE Do titles using the Ask sign? The titles in this journal do not use question marks
because of a statement

Do titles use exclamation points! No, because the title in this study is the statement sentence
is not a command sentence
WRITER
Is the author name listed? In this journal the name of the researcher is written under
the title of the journal
Is the origin of the author's institution
listed? This journal lists the origin of the institution under the
name of the researcher
 Is the origin of the author's institution in Based on the journal I criticized, the institution's origin

accordance with the topic of research? corresponds to the research topic

Is the field of science researcher in Science field of researchers in accordance with his

KNOWLEDGE accordance with the title of research ? research

FIELD
Is the background of the author (institution
The author's background corresponds to his science
of work) in accordance with the field of
field's shutter
science writing topic ?
RESEARCH
METHODS
Is the purpose of the study mentioned ? This journal mentioned the purpose of his research in
accordance with the provisions of the study

Is the research design in accordance with Researchers used prospective, randomized, evaluator-
the research model?
blind, controlled study design Which corresponds to his
experimental model of experimental type
Is appropriate level of evidence from

research design?
Is according to the sample selection in the
study?
The sample in this study amounted to 60 people divided
into 3 treatment groups
 Researchers present the results of research with the form
In what form the results of the study are
table and a description of approximately 4-5 sentences
presented?
per paragraph

Does the researcher include the type of This journal does not mention statistical tests in use
statistical test used?

Whether the research results can be

The results of this study can be used in nursing action
RESEARCH implemented in nursing?
because it has no side effects and can decrease knee pain
RESULT
Are there any specific recommendations
This journal does not provide any recommendations that
regarding the results of the study?
can be made for future research

Is the list of libraries used up to date? The reference to this journal is 73 and there are 21
references out of date

BIBLIOGRAPHY Is the list of libraries used accordingly? The bibliography in this study is in accordance with the
content of the discussion and in the introduction

Is a list of libraries used from trusted Associated with this research the list of libraries in use
sources? including journals and books in accordance with the field
of knowledge
B. CONCLUSSION

TM, THC, and oral ibuprofen caused a significant improve-ment of all variables

determined for outcome assessments. All modalities provided nearly comparable clinical

efficacy after a three-week symptomatic treatment of OA of the knee, in which a trend

toward greatest improvement was likely to be found in THC group. TM and THC were

generally safe and free from systemic adverse ef fects. Both modalities could be therefore

considered as effective alternative options for treatment of OA of the knee, especially in

individuals who do not wish to receive oral NSAIDs or who experienced systemic unwanted

effects from oral NSAIDs.