Journal Research Midwifery Politeknik Tegal
Vol 9, No 2 (2020)

EFFECTIVENESS OF WARM COMPRESS IN REDUCING LOW BACK PAIN DURING THE THIRD TRIMESTER

Melsa Sagita Imaniar (Universitas Muhammadiyah Tasikmalaya)
Sri Wahyuni Sundari (Universitas Muhammadiyah Tasikmalaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Jun 2020

Abstract

Pregnant women, 90% experienced low back pain during their pregnancy. When the pain is not treated, it triggers mothers' stress, which affects their sleep, which could worsen the pain. Low-back pain during pregnancy caused by changes in anatomical, hormonal, and stressful structures. There were variations in treating low-back pain during pregnancy, and one of them was using a warm compress. It helped bring out a sense of comfort, reducing pain, reducing and preventing muscle spasms, and giving a warm feel. This study aims to analyze the effect of warm compress against low-back pain during the third trimester. This study conducted in Bungursari Community Health Center from May 2018 to February 2019. This study used a quasi-experiment with pre and post-test control group design. Sample taken used consecutive sampling and obtained 21 respondents of pregnant women in their third trimester. Collected data analyzed using paired t-test. The study results showed an influence on warm compressing in reducing low-back pain during pregnancy (p-value= 0.001). It can be concluded that pregnant women could be applied to warm compression when they had low-back pain.Keyword : low-back pain, pregnancy, warm compress

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Journal Info

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siklus

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Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

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Siklus : Journal Research Midwifery Politeknik Tegal (JRMP) is a periodical scientific journal with registrated number ISSN 2089-6778 (print), 2549- 5054 (online). Published by Pusat Penelitian dan Pengabdian Masyarakat (P3M) Politeknik Harapan Bersama and managed by Program Studi Kebidanan ...