<![CDATA[The most common complaints in the last trimester of pregnancy are anxiety, lower back pain, and difficulty sleeping, which disrupts daily routines. Non-pharmacological methods such as aromatherapy massage and pelvic floor exercises are methods that help reduce anxiety, lower back pain, and overcome difficulty sleeping in pregnant women in the third trimester. This study was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest and posttest controlled group design. The sampling technique was purposive sampling, with 32 pregnant women in the aromatherapy massage group and 32 pregnant women in the pelvic floor exercise group, so that the total sample was 64 pregnant women. The analysis test used the Mc Nemar test and the Wilcoxon test. The inclusion criteria included pregnant women in the third trimester with a gestational age of ≥ 35 weeks, aged 20-35 years. While the exclusion criteria were pregnant women in the third trimester who had comorbidities such as systemic inflammation, sciatica, gynecological disorders, cardiovascular, tumors, osteoporosis, or had experienced spinal fractures. There is an effect of aromatherapy massage and pelvic floor exercises on anxiety, lower back pain, and sleep quality in pregnant women in the third trimester. Aromatherapy massage is more effective than pelvic floor exercises in reducing anxiety and improving sleep quality, with p-values of 0.042 and 0.013, respectively. Both are equally effective in reducing lower back pain (p-value = 0.479), and have been shown to have an effect on third trimester complaints in pregnant women.]]>
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