Acupressure therapy as a pain reliever for dysmenorrhea

BACKGROUND: According to survey conducted by researchers at SMAN 01 Tulang Bawang Tengah, it was found that 88.3% (53) female students from 60 students aged 16 to 18 had dysmenorrhea, which consisted of mild dysmenorrhea of 54.72%, moderate dysmenorrhea of 33.96%, and heavy dysmenorrhea is 11.32%. PURPOSE: Determine the differences of before and after acupressure therapy on decreasing dysmenorrhea pain. METHODS: The type of research used in this study is quantitative research using a quasi-experimental research design with one group pre-test and post-test approach. The study was conducted at SMAN 1 Tulang Bawang Tengah. The population in this study were all students of class X IPA as many as 60 students who experienced dysmenorrhea at SHS 1 Center Tulang Bawang. The size of the sample using the Slovin formula with the results of 52 female students. The selection of samples in this study was conducted by purposive sampling. The study used univariate and bivariate analysis with the Wilcoxon test. RESULTS: The results showed that most respondents were >14 years old, most of the respondents got menarche at age >12 years, most of respondents had menstrual period for >4 days and most respondent overcome pain dysmenorrhea without doing anything. Based on the analysis, the p value was 0.000. CONCLUSION: There is a difference before and after the administration of acupressure therapy to treat pain in dysmenorrhea

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The differences in hemoglobin levels before and after consuming ambon bananas in students

The purpose of this study is to determine whether there are differences in hemoglobin levels before and after consuming ambon bananas in students of Prodi Kebidanan Metro. The specific purpose of this study was to determine hemoglobin levels before consuming ambon bananas, hemoglobin levels after consuming ambon bananas and the differences in hemoglobin levels before and after consuming ambon bananas in female students at Prodi Kebidanan Metro. This research is an intervention research with quasi experiment design with The One Group Pretest - posttest design. The population in this study were students in the first and second grade in Prodi Kebidanan Metro who lived in the dormitory as many as 149 female students. A sample of 49 people will take a portion of the population using simple random sampling technique. Data analysis used dependent sample t tests to test the mean increase in Hb levels before and after consuming ambon bananas. The results showed an average Hb level before consuming bananas at 12.51g/dl and an the average hb level after consuming bananas was 12.89g/dl, so the average increase in Hb levels was 0.39g/dl. The results of the analysis using the t-test dependent test obtained p value=0.000, which means that there are significant differences in Hb levels of students before and after consuming ambon banana

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