THE EFFECT OF ACUPRESSUR ON NAUSEA AND VOTING IN PREGNANT MOTHERS TRIMESTER I

Abstract

Emesis Gravidarum there is an increase in the hormones esterogen and progesterone and the release ot the placental chorionoc gonadothropin hormone. Acupressure is a method of treatment with emphasis on certain points on the body to reduce nausea and vomiting. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of acupressure on nausea and vomiting in first trimester pregnant women. This type of research is quantitative with a quasi-experimental, two group pre-test-post-test design. The study population was 35 pregnant women in the first trimester, then samples was 26 samples. Bivariate analysis was carried out using a non-parametric test, namely McNemar test,analysis sig value. 0.05. The results showed that before the acupressure technique was applied, the category of mild nausea and vomiting was 15 (57.7%) respondents and the category of moderate nausea and vomiting was 11 respondents (42.3%). Meanwhile, after doing acupressure, all respondents were in the light category as many as 26 (100%) respondents. The results of the McNemar analysis test obtained a P. Value of 0.001 (≤ 0.05), which means that there is an effect of acupressure on nausea and vomiting in first trimester pregnant women in the working area of UPT Puskesmas Panca Makmur.