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Reducing Dysmenorrhea using Accupressure on Teenage Girl at Pratama Clinic of Harapan Bersama Tegal

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The most teenage girl experienced dysmenorrhea during their period (67.2%) and premenstrual
syndrome (63.1%). Semarang District Health Office in 2013 reported as many as 50-80% of adolescents
aged 12-19 years who experience dysmenorrhea overcome it pharmacologically and nonpharmacologically. Acupressure was one of non-pharmacology which could be an alternative for reducing
dysmenorrhea. This aim of this study was to analyze the influence of acupressure in reducing
dysmenorrhea. This study used quasi-experiment with pre-test and post-test approached. The respondent
of this study was teenage girls with dysmenorrhea and obtained 23 respondent. First, respondents asked
about their level of pain. Then respondents received 30 rounds acupressure at points Li 4 and Lr 3 for 3-5
minutes 3 times. Then re-evaluated the intensity of menstrual pains after the intervention finished. Data
were analyzed using the Mann Whitney Test. The result of this study is that most of the respondent have
mild pain level (52.2%). After acupressure, complaints of pain decreased, where 47.8% did not feel pain.
Based on statistical tests, the p-value of 0.001 obtained means that the provision of acupressure
interventions has a significant effect on decreasing the level of dysmenorrhea in adolescent girls. The
conclusion is that acupressure used as an alternative in treating dysmenorrhea.

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Judul Seri

JURNAL KEBIDANAN

No. Panggil

618.2 LAT r

Penerbit

Semarang : Prodi S1 Kebidanan Poltekkes Kemenkes Semarang., 2020

Deskripsi Fisik

5 p

Bahasa

Indonesia

ISBN/ISSN

2621-2870

Klasifikasi

618.2

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

unmediated

Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

Volume 10 Nomor 1 (2020)

Subjek

kebidanan

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