EFFECTIVENESS OF RELAXATION TECHNIQUE : DEEP BREATH AS PAIN RELIEF IN MENTRUATION

Abstract

Dysmenorrhoea is a condition that disturbs the comfort of young women caused by abdominal pain during menstruation. One of the nonpharmacological treatments that can be done to reduce dysmenorrhoea is by deep breathing relaxation techniques. Deep breathing relaxation techniques are one of the conditions that can stimulate the body to release endogenous opoids so that a pain suppression system is formed which will eventually cause a decrease in pain intensity. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of deep breath relaxation techniques to reduce menstrual pain in students of SMK Pembina Bangsa Bukittinggi in 2018. The design used was a one group pretest posttest design with 15 respondents. The results showed that before doing deep breath relaxation techniques with an average of 4.37 and after doing deep breathing relaxation techniques with an average of 3.20. In the Paied tTest, the results showed that p = 0.000, where p <0.05. So it can be concluded that the effectiveness of deep breath relaxation techniques to reduce menstrual pain in students of SMK Pembina Bangsa Bukittinggi in 2018. It is hoped
that further researchers can examine other factors that can affect the decrease in the level of dysmenorrhoea for respondents.