The Efffect Of Sipping Ice To Reducethirsty Feel In Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Who Have Hemodialysis In Rsud Bendan Pekalongan City

Abstract

The occurrence of Chronic Kidney Disease is increasing every year. Someone with Chronic Kidney Disease must do therapy, one of them is hemodialysis. With hemodialysis the patient feels excessive thirst due to fluid restriction. Sucking ice cube can be used as an alternative to reduce the level of thirst of patients with hemodialysis. The research conducted to know the effect of sucking on the ice cube to reduce thirst in the case of Chronic Kidney Diasese which in hemodialysis theraphy at RSUD Bendan. The research method uses pre-experiment with the design of one group pre test post test. With 36 respondent. The instrumen which is used was the categorical visual analog scale score. The result of different test using the Mann Whitney test were found to be significantly result, between before and after giving the intervention to sucking ice cube with the result of the significance value 0,000 (p<0,05). This recomendation from observation is expected that suck an ice cube could be used to manage the thirst of patients with chronic kidney disease that in hemodialysis therapy.