Acupoint Manipulation in Elderly with Comorbid Disorders

DOI

10.2991/iccd-19.2019.132How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Acupoint manipulation, elderly, comorbid disease

Abstract

Health problems in the elderly are a natural thing to experience because there is a decline in the function of the organs of the body. Health problems in the elderly can be a serious problem because there are disorders of several diseases that occur simultaneously or known as comorbidity, not only physical disorders but also mental disorders. Therapy given at certain acupoints points is expected to help the elderly in reducing the disorder suffered. The research aimed to determine the effect of acupoint manipulation therapy on the health of elderly with comorbid disorders. The research method used was an experiment with pre and post-test. The number of samples used was 20 elderly with mental-physical comorbid disorders and divided into control groups and treatment groups. The treatment group will be given acupoint manipulation therapy and art therapy. Blood samples will be analyzed in a laboratory to determine the levels of TNF-α in the blood, and mental health conditions obtained from the results of graphical tests. The results showed that the levels of TNF-α and the results of the treatment group psychological test showed no significant results on the control group, but the level of anxiety and TNF-α values in the treatment group was better than the control group. Based on the results of the study it can be concluded that acupoint manipulation therapy has not been able to provide good results, but there is hope that acupoint manipulation therapy can be developed as a complementary treatment method.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sudjiwanati
AU  - Suparno
PY  - 2019/10
DA  - 2019/10
TI  - Acupoint Manipulation in Elderly with Comorbid Disorders
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Community Development (ICCD 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 506
EP  - 509
SN  - 2352-5398
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