Author(s)

Li Wang, Fan Fan, Yanrui Ren^*

The First Hospital Affiliated to Yangtze University, Jingzhou First People’s Hospital, Jingzhou, China.

Objective: To investigate the effect of wax therapy in pain care of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Methods: Convenience sampling method was used to select inpatients with rheumatoid arthritis admitted to the rheumatology and immunology department of a 3A hospital in Jingzhou City. 75 patients from January 2021 to June 2021 were selected as the control group, and 75 patients from January 2022 to June 2022 were selected as the observation group. The control group was given routine nursing, and the observation group was implemented wax therapy nursing on the basis of the control group. The relief of clinical symptoms (morning stiffness time, pain score) and quality of life score of the two groups were observed. Results: After intervention, there was statistical significance between the two groups (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Wax therapy can improve the time of morning stiffness, the degree of pain and the quality of life of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Wax Therapy, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Pain Care

Wang, L. , Fan, F. and Ren, Y. (2023) Application of Wax Therapy in Pain Care of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Yangtze Medicine, 7, 11-17. doi: 10.4236/ym.2023.71002.