Open AccessAcupressure to Reduce Dysmenorrhea in Adolescent
Author(s) -
Dewi Siyamti,
Eka Adimayanti,
Hapsari Windayanti
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jurnal kebidanan dan kesehatan tradisional
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2580-5207
pISSN - 2502-7093
DOI - 10.37341/jkkt.v0i0.222
Subject(s) - acupressure , medicine , massage , physical therapy , visual analogue scale , menstruation , intervention (counseling) , alternative medicine , nursing , pathology
Background: Dysmenorrhea is uncomfort symptom which suffered by adolescents during menstruation period. Adolescents experienced with dysmenorrhea and this commonly primary. Dysmenorrhea affects almost half of all woman, and it is need the safe and effective pain management. One of non-medical treatment techniques is acupressure. The purpose of this study to analize the effect of acupressure to reduce dysmenorrhea in adolescents. Methods: The design was quantitative experiment with intervention group and control group for each 26 respondents. The acupoints are SP6, Li4, and PC6. Intervention group got acupressure for 2 days in early period with 30times massage for each accupoint twice a day. The pain was measured using visual analog scale (VAS) before and after intervention. Data analize using SPSS software. Results: The result showed diffreneces in pain severity after acupressure to intervention group with mean 2,43 and p value 0.027(p<0,005). Conclution: Acupressure at the SP6, Li4 and PC6 can reduce pain severity of dysmenorrhea in adolescents.