Back pain is a problem of discomfort that occurs in 20% to 80% of pregnant women, especially in late pregnancy. This condition causes the activities of daily life to be disrupted and has an impact on decreasing the quality of life so that back pain during pregnancy needs attention. Effleurage and aromatherapy are forms of therapy that are believed to reduce discomfort and pain. The aim of this research was to find out the effectiveness of the combination of effleurage and lavender aromatherapy on back pain in pregnant women. The research used a pre-experimental with a one-group pretest-posttest design. The samples consisted of 13 thirdtrimester pregnant women. The data were analyzed using paired t-test. The results showed that the average back pain of pregnant women before (pretest) treatment was 4.31 ± 1.032 and after treatment (posttest) 1.23 ± 0.927 with an average difference of 3.077 ± 0.760. The results showed that the combination of effleurage and lavender aromatherapy was proven to be effective in reducing back pain for pregnant women (p = 0.000).
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