PENGARUH PEMBERIAN TERAPI RELAKSASI NAFAS DALAM TERHADAP SKALA NYERI DISMINORE PADA REMAJA PUTRI DI SMP N-10 KOTA PADANGSIDIMPUAN

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NURSING PROGRAM GRADUATE PROGRAM FACULTY OF HEALTH, AUFA ROYHAN UNIVERSITY IN PADANGSIDIMPUAN CITY Research report, September 2020 Yustika Pohan The Effect Of Giving Breath Relaxation Therapy On Disminore Pain Scale In Teenagers In Junior High School 10 Padangsidimpuan Abstract Dysmenorrhea is menstruation that causes pain most commonly experienced by women of all ages. So it can be concluded that menorrhea is menstruation which was accompanied by pain in the abdominal area and occurs on the first day, and is a common gynecological problem in women. Menstrual pain can be reduced one of them using deep breathing techniques. The deep breath relaxation technique was breathing slowly and used the diaphragm, allowing the abdomen to slowly lift and the chest to expand fully. The purpose of this study was to determined the effect of deep breath relaxation techniques on dysminorrhea pain. The type of research used was quantitative and the research design used a Quasi Experiment with a pre-test and post-test design with a total sample of 35 respondents. The population in this study at VIIˡ and VII² class students of Junior High School 10 Padangsidimpuan. The sample in this study was determined used total sampling in order to obtain a total sample size of 35 respondents. The statistical test was used is the Wilcoxon test. The results showed that there was an effect of deep breath relaxation techniques on pain reduction with a P-Value of 0.000, this value was <0.05, so it could be concluded that there was an effect of deep breath relaxation techniques on reducing the pain scale of dysminorrhea in adolescents. The results of this study was expected to be used as an alternative therapy for students who experience dysminorrhea pain. Keywords: Dysminorrhea, Pain, Deep Breath Relaxation