Abdominal Stretching Exercise in Decreasing Pain of Dysmenorrhea Among Nursing Students

Bustan, Muhammad Nadjib; Seweng, Arifin; Ernawati, Ernawati

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1028/1/012103

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“…It is expected to be able in reducing pain from menstrual cramps in female adolescents. It is also supported by study that exercise is effective to decrease pain from dysmenorrhea [2], [13], [14].…”

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confidence: 80%

“…Exercise is one of the non-pharmacological pain management which is considered to be safe, as it only employs physiology [13], [14]. The significance of exercise habits toward dysmenorrhea in which the psychologist and physical symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea are decreased.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…the released endorphins are then caught by the receptor in the hypothalamus and limbic system to manage emotion. this hormone acts as a natural sedative to give a sense of comfort and reduce pain [9], [12], [13], [14] Therefore, one of the exercises to reduce menstrual pain is abdominal stretching exercise. the implementation of abdominal stretching exercise during menstruation could improve muscle strength, endurance, muscle flexibility, pain relief, and reduce contraction to reduce menstrual pain (dysmenorrhea) [14].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…this hormone acts as a natural sedative to give a sense of comfort and reduce pain [9], [12], [13], [14] Therefore, one of the exercises to reduce menstrual pain is abdominal stretching exercise. the implementation of abdominal stretching exercise during menstruation could improve muscle strength, endurance, muscle flexibility, pain relief, and reduce contraction to reduce menstrual pain (dysmenorrhea) [14]. The aim of the muscle stretching muscle is to improve oxygenation (the cellular process of transferring oxygen and carbohydrate) and stimulate the drainage flow of the lymph, as a result, it could increase muscle flexibility and maintain the function well, while fix the elasticity and flexibility of the body tissue to reduce muscle cramps [1], [14].…”

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Abdominal Stretching as a Therapy for Dysmenorrhea

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Pratama

Ernawati

et al. 2021

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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BACKGROUND: Dysmenorrhea is pain during the menstrual period caused by uterine muscle cramps. The Dysmenorrhea prevalence in Indonesia is categorized as high at 64.25%. The dysmenorrhea symptom could be very disruptive and even decrease women’s productivity. Related to this problem, abdominal stretching is one of the alternatives to reduce pain from dysmenorrhea. AIM: This research was aimed to find out the effect of abdominal stretching on the pain intensity of menstrual cramps. METHODS: It was a quasi-experimental research with a pre-test post-test control group design. The sample was 130 female adolescents that were taken by total sampling. The sample was divided into two groups, which were the intervention group and the control group. RESULTS: The research finding, with a 0.000 (p < 0.005) significance value was obtained by using the Wilcoxon test. CONCLUSION: It means abdominal stretching exercise is significantly effective to reduce pain intensity from menstrual cramps (dysmenorrhea) in female adolescents. It is suggested to implement abdominal stretching as nursing care for menstrual cramps.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Findingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Findingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…This comfortable room makes all of the respondents can concentrate and be comfortable. The abdominal stretching exercises suggested for young women to deal with primary dysmenorrhea in a nondrug manner (Bustan, M Najib, 2018).…”

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The Effect of Abdominal Stretching Exercise on Dysmenorrhea in Adolescent Girls

Murtiningsih

Solihah²,

Yuniarti³

2019

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Based on my survey in February 2018 at the three SMA Negeri Cimahi, 956 adolescent girls (67.2%) from 1.422 of female students had experienced dysmenorrhea. Dysmenorrhea is disturbed young women’s study activities at school. The preliminary study found that 10 teenagers had dysmenorrhea, 4 of them said they could not follow the sporting activities. This research aimed to determine the effect of abdominal stretching exercise in reducing the pain due to dysmenorrhea in the adolescent girls. The method used a quasi-experiment design with one group pretest-posttest. The population in this study was 174 peoples and obtained 19 samples with random sampling technique. Pain score measured by the Verbal Descriptor Scale before and after given the abdominal stretching exercises for 15 minutes, 3 times during 7 days with an interval of one day. Data analysis used univariate test and t-dependent test. The results of the study obtained the pain score before the abdominal stretching exercises were 6.16 scale (moderate pain) and after abdominal stretching exercises was 2.37 scale (mild pain) with pain scale difference 3.79. T-dependent statistical test obtained that p-value < 0,001, it refers to abdominal stretching exercises affects in decreasing pain scale of dysmenorrhea. Abdominal stretching exercises are recommended as an influential intervention of dysmenorrhea for adolescent girls. This exercises can be a new routine activity for adolescent girls since it is very beneficial for them.Keywords: Abdominal stretching, adolescent girls, dysmenorrhea, exercises.

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Exercise for dysmenorrhoea

Armour

Naidoo

et al. 2019

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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Abdominal Stretching Exercise in Decreasing Pain of Dysmenorrhea Among Nursing Students

Cited by 9 publications

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Abdominal Stretching as a Therapy for Dysmenorrhea

Abdominal Stretching as a Therapy for Dysmenorrhea

The Effect of Abdominal Stretching Exercise on Dysmenorrhea in Adolescent Girls

Exercise for dysmenorrhoea

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