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Abstract

Background : uric acid levels in the elderly will increase above normal. The increase in uric acid production is caused by the following reasons : excessive acid production, decreased uric acid removal, a combination of excess uric acid production. Soursop leaves contain flavonoif compounds that can help eliminate uric acid levels.

Research Objectives : This study aims to know the differences of phenol content in black rice varieties of Jowo Melik, in a form of grain, flour, sprouts, and sprout flour to analyze the effect of giving soursop leaf boiled water on uric acid levels in the elderly in RT/RW 004/001 Dusun Ngasem.
Subject of Research Method : using pre-experimental analytic with “one-group pre test design”. The study population was 23 elderly. The reseach sample was 10 elderly with probability sampling technique with simple random sampling method. The variables in this study are dependent and independent. The research instrument was giving soursop leaf boled water on observation sheet and measuring uric acid using GCU. Processing of data editing, coding, scoring, tabulating. Data analysis using te Wilcoxon test.
Research Results : before giving boled water for soursop leaves, all the elderly had high uric acid levels as many as 10 elderly (100%). After giving boiled water soursop leaves, almost all elderly had normal uric acid leves as much as 9 elderly (90%). Wilcoxon statistical test obrained p value = 0.007 < α = 0.05, then H1 is accepted. The result : this study as the effect of giving soursop leaf boiled water on urid acid levels in the elderly in RT/RW 004/001 Dusun Ngasem
Conclusion : hopefully provide counseling about the benefits of using soursop leaf boiled water to reduce uric acid levels.