Strada Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan (SJIK)
Vol. 10 No. 2 (2021): November

Acupressure Effectiveness and Yoga Exercises To Reduce Menstrual Pain

Yasi Anggasari (Nahdlatul Ulama University Surabaya)
Yunik Windarti (Nahdlatul Ulama University Surabaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Nov 2021

Abstract

Women of reproductive age more often use pharmacological therapy to treat dysmenorrhea. The aim of this study was to analyze the acupressure therapy sanyinjiao and Hegu with yoga exercises to reduce dysmenorrhea. This research involved 40 respondents, Definition in this study using two intervention groups, namely group therapy technique of acupressure and yoga exercise group. The results of statistical tests showed that the acupressure group experienced a significant decrease in pain scale, namely 3.35 compared to the yoga exercise group, which only experienced a decrease of 2.05 while the average value of the difference after acupressure and yoga exercise was -1.3 and Mann Whitney obtained p value = 0.001. So it was found that there was an average difference in group 1 and group 2 after the intervention where the yoga exercises Action was more effective than Acupressure in reducing dysmenorrhea.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

sjik

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Subject

Dentistry Health Professions Public Health

Description

STRADA Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan (SJIK) is a journal developed to disseminate and discuss the scientific literature and other research on the development of health so as to improve health workers knowledge and ultimately population health worldwide. This journal is intended as a medium for ...