Terapi Air Hangat Dalam Penanganan Dismenore Pada Siswi Kelas I, II, Dan III Di SMA Negeri 2 Tanjung Balai

Abstract

Every woman who experiences menstruation must have felt dysmenorrhea, dysmenorrhea is a pain that is felt in the stomach which comes from uterine cramps and occurs during menstruation. One of the nonpharmacologic treatment of dysmenorrhea is by using warm water therapy. Warm water therapy can provide a sensation to warm the body, the heat given is able to minimize the contracting muscles to be more relaxed. The purpose of this study was to study the effectiveness of warm water therapy in the treatment of dysmenorrhea in students of the Shielding School of Kutacane N Year 2019. This study was conducted in October 2019. This type of research is an experimental study with one group pretest posttest research design, the type of data used is primary data, with a population of 114 people while the sample taken amounted to 28 people. For further researchers it is recommended to conduct research with the same technique but a larger sample size so that it can generalize the results of the study.