The effect of deep breathing exercise in minimizing pain level of primary dysmenorrhea

Abstract

Dysmenorrhea is a lower abdomen pain during menstruation that can interfere with daily activities. Based on its pathophysiology, dysmenorrhea is classified into two, namely primary dysmenorrhea and secondary dysmenorrhea. The existence of physiotherapy modalities in the form of deep breathing exercises is one form that can reduce menstrual pain so that menstrual pain cannot interfere with daily activities. The purpose of the study is to find out the effect of deep breathing exercise on the reduction of primary dysmenorrhea pain. This research method is a quasi-experiment with one group pretest-posttest. The sample taken in the study amounted to 30 respondents using purposive sampling. The Wilcoxon test showed (p = 0.00 < 0.05) that it can be concluded that there is an effect of giving deep breathing exercises in the reduction of primary menstrual pain in physiotherapy students semester 1-5 University of Muhammadiyah Surakarta. There is an effect of giving breathing relaxation techniques to decrease primary menstrual pain (dysmenorrhea) in physiotherapy students semester 1-5 University of Muhammadiyah Surakarta.