The Effect of Relaxation Techniques in Reducing Dysmenorrhea in Adolescents

Hidayatunnafiah, Findi; Mualifah, Laily; Moebari, Moebari; Iswantiningsih, E.

doi:10.18502/kls.v7i2.10344

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“…According to Hidayatunnafiah et al (2022), between 60 and 90% of adolescents frequently complain of menstrual cramps, with 75% of these adolescents' reporting mild to severe pain. Menstrual cramps can affect females' activities, particularly those of young girls, if they aren't treated right away.…”

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Effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique on Menstrual Cramps among Adolescent students

Mohamed Elsawy,

Mohamed Ahmed Ayed,

Mohamed Al Sherbeny

et al. 2023

Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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Background: Menstrual cramps are one of the most frequent problems that adolescents face, and it have a significant impact on females' quality of life. Progressive muscle relaxation is a useful technique to minimize menstrual cramps after short, basic training. It is one of the most effective complementary therapies because it is simple to learn, inexpensive, highly useful, and has no negative side effects. Aim: to evaluate the effect of progressive muscle relaxation technique on menstrual cramps among adolescent students. Design: A quasi-experimental research design onegroup (pre/post-test) was utilized to achieve the aim of the current study. Setting: The study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing -Sohag University. Sample: A purposive sample of 530 firstyear adolescent students enrolled at the Faculty of Nursing-Sohag University was included in the study. Tools for data collection: Tool I: A structured interviewing questionnaire that consists of two parts; part (1) adolescent students' personal data; part (2) adolescent students' menstrual history; Tool II: Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS). Results: The majority of the adolescent students had mild pain and less than one fifth of them had moderate pain while none of them had severe pain post-progressive muscle relaxation technique application. A highly statistically significant differences in the mean pain total scores among the adolescent students pre & post application. Moreover, there is highly significantly decrease in the pain total scores in the post-application as compared to pre application of progressive muscle relaxation technique. Conclusion: Progressive muscle relaxation technique has an impact on reducing menstrual cramps when they are practiced on a regular basis. Recommendations: Progressive muscle relaxation technique should be utilized as a supportive therapy to help adolescent students to alleviate menstrual cramps.

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Effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique on Menstrual Cramps among Adolescent students

Mohamed Elsawy,

Mohamed Ahmed Ayed,

Mohamed Al Sherbeny

et al. 2023

Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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“…Non-pharmacological restraints are known to have relatively minor side effects and even almost no side effects. Non-pharmacological therapies include yoga, pilates, acupuncture, massage, aroma therapy, giving fruit juices such as avocado, warm compressed combination with dark chocolate, deep breathing exercises, warm compresses, hypnotherapy, genupectoral positions, murrotals of the Qur'an ( 4 , 7 , 11 ).…”

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Non‑pharmacological that most effective to reduce of primary dysmenorrhea intensity in women childbearing age: a literature review

Ilmiah,

Abdullah,

Koesrini

2023

J. Public Health Afr.

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One of the most common female reproductive health problems is primary dysmenorrhea. Data on the incidence of primary dysmenorrhea complained about 50-90% of women in the world. Primary dysmenorrhea data in the US is 30-70%, in Sweden is 30%, in Mexico is 64%, in Italy is 68%, in Jordan is 55.8%, in Turkey is 84.9%, and in Malaysia is 74.5%, in Indonesia is 60-70% and 15% of its, it interferes with daily activities including work. The cause of this is hypercontractility of the myometrium due to excessive secretion of prostaglandins. This study aims to explore the most effective non-pharmacological therapies in reducing the level of primary dysmenorrhea pain in women of childbearing age. The design of this study is a literature review with the PRISMA method. Database Google, Google Scholar, Research gate, Cochran Data Base, Embase, NCBI, Sciendirect, SAGE, Elsevier, Sinta. The population of this study was all full-text international journals indexed by Scopus and national journals indexed by Sinta 1-6 published in 2011-2021 including RCT amount of 114 articles. A sample of 23 articles meets the inclusion criteria and used thematic data analysis. The results of non-pharmacological therapy that effectively overcome primary dysmenorrhea pain, namely the first group with (p= 0.000). The conclusions showed that Murrotal Qur'an, yoga, acupressure, counter pressure massage, effleurage massage, consume green coconut water and avocado juice combination with massage were proven to be equally effective in overcoming complaints of primary dysmenorrhea pain quickly without being accompanied by side effects

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The Effect of Relaxation Techniques in Reducing Dysmenorrhea in Adolescents

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Effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique on Menstrual Cramps among Adolescent students

Effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique on Menstrual Cramps among Adolescent students

Non‑pharmacological that most effective to reduce of primary dysmenorrhea intensity in women childbearing age: a literature review

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