PERBEDAAN TINGKAT NYERI MENSTRUASI DENGAN PEMBERIAN TEKNIK EFFLEURAGE PADA SISWI SMP NEGERI 1 JEMBER

Abstract

Menstrual pain is defined as painful menstrual cramps without any evident pathology to account for them. One of the methods that could be used as menstrual pain relief was effleurage. Effleurage technique was a cutaneous stimulation with smooth and flowing stroke. The objective of this study was to determine the differences of menstrual pain level with effleurage technique giving on SMP Negeri 1 Jember female students. This study was a pre experimental study with one group pretest posttest design. Sample determination in this study used non probability sampling technique with quota sampling method. Data was analyzed with wilcoxon sign rank test. The result of this study demonstrated that before effleurage technique was given, 11,8% (2 respondents) had menstrual pain with severe pain level, 52,9% (9 respondents) had menstrual pain with moderate pain level, and 35,3% (6 respondents) had menstrual pain with mild pain level while after effleurage technique was given, 100% (17 respondents) had menstrual pain with mild pain level (p value=0,002<α=0,05). The conclusion of the study was that there were differences of menstrual pain level with effleurage technique giving on SMP Negeri 1 Jember female students. The recommendation of this study was for the youth red cross members to give effleurage technique to help the female students with menstrual pain in school.