PENGARUH TERAPI ABDOMINAL STRETCHING TERHADAP DYSMENORRHEA DI ASRAMA PUTRI STIKES KENDEDES MALANG

Abstract

During a menstruation, the most problem women experience is discomfort or extremepain (Dysmenorrhea). Women who experience Dysmenorrhea must be handled so that nothingworse happens. Handling of Dysmenorrhea can be done by pharmacology that is by using drugs,while non-pharmacology one can use a massage, and physical exercises such as abdominalstretching therapy. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of abdominal stretchingtherapy on Dysmenorrhea at Kendedes School of Health Science Female Dormitory. Thisresearch was conducted on 9 October 2019 to 9 November 2019. The research design used waspre-experimental by using one group pre-posttest. The sampling technique in this study usedpurposive sampling with population is 51 respondents and sample size is 45 respondents. Datacollection uses an observation sheet which used a Numeric Rating Scale to measure themenstrual pain scale before and after for 3-days in a hurry with a duration 10-15 minutes whenmenstruation start. The results of the Wilcoxon Test Statistics sign a ranking test obtained ρvalue of 0,000 is less than α = 0.05, it can be concluded that H₀is rejected and H₁is acceptedwhich means there is an effect abdominal stretching therapy on Dysmenorrhea at KendedesSchool of Health Science Female Dormitory. Based on the results of research that is proposedfor this woman to do abdominal stretching therapy when menstruation begins to reducemenstrual pain. Keyword: Women, Dysmenorrhea, Abdominal Stretching Therapy