Effect of Effleurage Massage to Reduce Lower Back Pain in Pregnant Women in the Third Trimester at the Wede Arrachman Primary and Maternity Clinic in Bandar Lampung

Ni Wayan Windi Leonita Putri (Universitas Mitra Indonesia)
Richta Puspita H Aryanti (Universitas Mitra Indonesia)
Santi Oktavia (Universitas Mitra Indonesia)

Jurnal Kesehatan: Jurnal Ilmu- Ilmu Keperawatan, Kebidanan, Farmasi dan Analis Kesehatan
Vol. 13 No. 1 (2026): Jurnal Kesehatan

It is known that the effect of effleurage massage reduces lower back pain in pregnant women in the third trimester at the Wede Arrcahman Primary and Maternity Clinic (Midwife Dasa) in Bandar Lampung City. The type of research used is quantitative with a One Group Pretest-Posttest pre-experimental design, the study population was 23 pregnant women in the third trimester who experienced lower back pain with a total sampling technique method, pain intensity measurement using the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) and data analysis was carried out using the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test after the normality test showed that the data was not normally distributed. The results showed that the average pain intensity before the intervention was 1.78 (moderate category), while after the intervention decreased to 1.26 (mild category). The results of the statistical test obtained a p-value of 0.001 (p <0.05), which indicates that there is a significant effect of effleurage massage in reducing lower back pain in pregnant women in the third trimester.