THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AROMATHERAPY ABDOMINAL MASSAGE TECHNIQUE EFFLURAGE COMPARED WITH ABDOMINAL STRETCHING EXERCISE TO REDUCE PRIMARY DYSMENORRHEA IN TEENAGE GIRLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN DENPASAR

Abstract

ABSTRACT
Primary dysmenorrhea is cramping in lower abdomen, back pain,often with diarrhea and nausea, and unstable emotions
and often occur in age 13-15 years and happen in time 24-48 hours. It will affect functional activity teenage girls
that needed treatment to reduce the pain. The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in the effectiveness
of aromatherapy abdominal massage technique efflurage with abdominal stretching exercise in reducing pain of
primary dysmenorrhea in teenage girls at junior high school in Denpasar. Measurement of pain using Numerical Rating
Scale (NRS). This research is an experiment research design with pretest and posttest group design. The study
involved 20 samples then divided into 2 group. Group 1 aromatherapy abdominal massage technique efflurage and
group 2 abdominal stretching exercise. Range of pain in group 1 decrease of 2,00 and group 2 decrease of 3,50.
Paired T-test result in group 1 is p=0,000 and group 2 is p=0,000. The difference between group 1 and group 2 was
obtained p=0,001. It was concluded that abdominal stretching exercise more effective to reduce the pain of primary
dysmenorrhea in teenage girls junior high school in Denpasar compared with aromatherapy abdominal massage
technique efflurage.
Keywords : Primary dysmenorrhea, Aromatherapy Abdominal Massage Technique Efflurage, Abdominal Stretching Exercise, Numerical Rating Scale (NRS)