The most teenage girl experienced dysmenorrhea during their period (67.2%) and premenstrual syndrome (63.1%). Semarang District Health Office in 2013 reported as many as 50-80% of adolescents aged 12-19 years who experience dysmenorrhea overcome it pharmacologically and nonpharmacologically. Acupressure was one of non-pharmacology which could be an alternative for reducing dysmenorrhea. This aim of this study was to analyze the influence of acupressure in reducing dysmenorrhea. This study used quasi-experiment with pre-test and post-test approached. The respondent of this study was teenage girls with dysmenorrhea and obtained 23 respondent. First, respondents asked about their level of pain. Then respondents received 30 rounds acupressure at points Li 4 and Lr 3 for 3-5 minutes 3 times. Then re-evaluated the intensity of menstrual pains after the intervention finished. Data were analyzed using the Mann Whitney Test. The result of this study is that most of the respondent have mild pain level (52.2%). After acupressure, complaints of pain decreased, where 47.8% did not feel pain. Based on statistical tests, the p-value of 0.001 obtained means that the provision of acupressure interventions has a significant effect on decreasing the level of dysmenorrhea in adolescent girls. The conclusion is that acupressure used as an alternative in treating dysmenorrhea.
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