Effectivity of Malunggay (Moringa oleifera) Seeds Oil Extract Topical Application as Adjunct Therapy for Arthritic Pain

Authors

  • Karen T. Celetaria Cebu Normal University
  • Axl Rose R. Arnejo Cebu Normal University
  • Jezyl C. Cutamora Cebu Normal University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32871/rmrj1503.01.15

Keywords:

MoringaOleifera, Malunggay, arthritis, pain, adjunct therapy

Abstract

According to the Department of Health (DOH, 2011), the morbidity rate for Arthritis in the Philippines is increasing and the age group of 65 years and above has the highest morbidity. Despite the fluctuations in number of reported cases over the years, arthritis had been a rampant cause of pain to the elderly. However, therapy for this disease is considerably expensive; thus, the researchers utilized Moringa Oleifera seeds oil extract topical application as an adjunct therapy in providing relief of arthritic pain. Manual oil
press was used to extract oil. The researchers conducted three trials with four assessments in various time intervals for 30 randomized samples for each group in three different localities, utilizing the true-experimental, Pretest-Posttest design. One Way Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) showed p-value of 0.909 and 0.000 for Control and Experimental groups respectively. Paired T-test revealed p-value of 0.000 for Experimental group’s pre-test and post-tests. T-test of independent samples however showed significant
decrease in pain level only on 30 minutes and one hour after application. These results suggested highly significant decrease of pain perceived by subjects who received the adjunct therapy.

Author Biographies

Karen T. Celetaria, Cebu Normal University

is a topnotcher of Nursing Licensure Examination last May 2014. She graduated from Cebu Normal University- College of Nursing.

Axl Rose R. Arnejo, Cebu Normal University

is a graduate of Cebu Normal University College of Nursing batch 2014. She is currently a staff nurse in Perpetual Soccour Hospital.

Jezyl C. Cutamora, Cebu Normal University

is a faculty member of Cebu Normal University – College of Nursing both in the undergraduate and graduate studies since 2005. She is the College Research Coordinator since 2009 and is currently pursuing her Ph.D in education major in Research and Evaluation in the same institution. She has 13 international publications and 8 publications in national category. She received research awards for publication and presentation of research articles.

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2015-06-30

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Celetaria, K. T., Arnejo, A. R. R., & Cutamora, J. C. (2015). Effectivity of Malunggay (Moringa oleifera) Seeds Oil Extract Topical Application as Adjunct Therapy for Arthritic Pain. Recoletos Multidisciplinary Research Journal, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.32871/rmrj1503.01.15

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