Proceedings of the 8th International Nursing Conference on Education, Practice and Research Development in Nursing (INC 2017)

Physical Activity And Meditation To Reduce Primary Dysmenorrhea In Adolescent

Authors
Komang Agus Jerry Widyanata, I Gede Yudiana Putra, Putu Intan Daryaswanti, Ni Putu Eka Febianingsih
Corresponding Author
Komang Agus Jerry Widyanata
Available Online April 2017.
DOI
10.2991/inc-17.2017.10How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Dysmenorrheal, Physical activity, Meditation
Abstract

Primary dysmenorrhea is menstrual pain occurring in the absence of pelvic pathology. It was caused by the production of neurotransmitter: prostaglandins. Psychological factors or stress can also cause dysmenorrhea. Physical activity and meditation are non-pharmacological treatments for this problem because of the effectiveness to reduce chronic menstrual pain. A total 40 female adolescents aged 16 – 18 years, who have primary dysmenorrhea at Senior High School of Health Bali Khresna Medika was divided into two groups randomly. Each groups contains 20 participants for physical activity treatment group and 20 for meditation treatment group. Menstrual pain scale measurements conducted in the two groups using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) before and after treatment. One group was delivered physical activity intervention and the other meditation twice a week for two months. The result of study showed that physical activity and meditation could reduce menstrual pain scale effectively (p<0.005). Based on the statistical analysis there was no significant difference between the effectiveness of physical activity and meditation (p>0.005) interventions. Physical activity and meditation can reduce menstrual pain level significantly.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 8th International Nursing Conference on Education, Practice and Research Development in Nursing (INC 2017)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
April 2017
ISBN
978-94-6252-388-3
ISSN
2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/inc-17.2017.10How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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