The Effect of Virgin Coconut Oil Therapy for Skin Moisture in Chronic Kidney Client

Pitriani, Wira Maria Ginting, Samuel Ginting, Anita Purba, Arfah Maysara

2019

Abstract

Chronic Kidney Failure Patients who undergo hemodialysis (HD) have complex problems such as dry skin that often triggers itching, itching is experienced by patients with chronic renal failure results in a disturbance in skin moisture. VCO (Virgin Coconut Oil) is pure coconut oil which is used to treat complaints of itching and dry skin experienced by clients. The purpose of this research to determine the effect of VCO (Virgin Coconut Oil) therapy on skin moisture in clients with Chronic Kidney Failure with Hemodialysis at RS Grand Mark Lubuk Pakam. The design of this research is Quasi experimental, Design with non equivalent pretest-posttest control group design, using control group and intervention group. The sample consisted of 52 respondents, consisting of 26 respondents as an intervention group who was given VCO therapy and 26 respondents as a control group. The statistical test used was the Dependent T test and the Independent T test. The results showed that there was a significant influence between the control group and the intervention group before and after the intervention (P Value = 0,000). The results of this study can be used as an alternative therapy for clients experiencing skin dryness using VCO (Virgin Coconut Oil), especially in clients with chronic kidney failure with hemodialysis.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Pitriani., Maria Ginting W., Ginting S., Purba A. and Maysara A. (2019). The Effect of Virgin Coconut Oil Therapy for Skin Moisture in Chronic Kidney Client.In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT, ISBN 978-989-758-460-2, pages 611-617. DOI: 10.5220/0010019306110617

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ichimat19,
author={Pitriani and Wira Maria Ginting and Samuel Ginting and Anita Purba and Arfah Maysara},
title={The Effect of Virgin Coconut Oil Therapy for Skin Moisture in Chronic Kidney Client},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT,},
year={2019},
pages={611-617},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010019306110617},
isbn={978-989-758-460-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT,
TI - The Effect of Virgin Coconut Oil Therapy for Skin Moisture in Chronic Kidney Client
SN - 978-989-758-460-2
AU - Pitriani.
AU - Maria Ginting W.
AU - Ginting S.
AU - Purba A.
AU - Maysara A.
PY - 2019
SP - 611
EP - 617
DO - 10.5220/0010019306110617