LATIHAN YOGA DAPAT MENURUNKAN TINGKAT KECEMASAN PADA SIKLUS MENTRUASI REMAJA PUTERI
ABSTRACT: Every month women
aged 12-49 years, not pregnant and not yet experienced menopause has
menstruation. During this period, problems experienced by many women are
discomfort or pain. Dysmenorrhoea resulted absenteism and cause disadvantages,
due to a temporary "paralysis" while doing activities. The autonomic
nervous system function changes during the luteal phase of the menstrual
period, is associated with psychosomatic symptoms in the menstrual phase. A preventive
alternative to improve women's health is by doing yoga. Yoga provides benefits
to physical and mental health through the regulation of the HPA axis
(Hypothalamus Pituitary Adrenal) and the Sympathetic Nervous System, increasing
parasympathetic activity, lowering blood pressure, stress and anxiety levels.
The physical movements of yoga stimulates, strengthens the body and improve
blood circulations. Pelvic organs, perineal muscles and pelvic become
healthier, get oxygen, so that the vascularization toward the reproductive
organs become optimal. The purpose of this research is to know effect of Yoga
to vital sign and anxiety level in girl adolescent menstrual cycle. The study
was a quasi-experimental design with one group pretest-posttest. This research
was carried at the Bandung Midwifery Department, to the student girls.
Intervention in the form of Yoga was held in May-July 2015. A number of 121
people were taken as a sample using a stratified random sampling technique
based on student level and inclusion criteria and 58 people selected by
inclusion criteria, which were randomly assigned to yoga and exercise. Vital
signs were measured directly and anxiety level using questionnaires. The
results showed that reduction in diastolic pressure occurs more frequently in
the exercise group, amounting 4.50 while yoga at 0.55. In the yoga group
decreased pulse frequency which is equal to 1.83. Anxiety scores decreased more
in the yoga group, the reduction in anxiety scores in the amount of 13.5
points. In conclusions there was no significant effect of yoga exercises to
systolic pressure, diastolic, pulse and respiration. Yoga can significantly
reduce the level of girls anxiety during menstruation (p 0.05).
KEYWORDS: yoga; vital signs;
anxiety level; menstrual teenagers
Penulis: Yulinda, Dewi Purwaningsih,
Cherly Marlina Sudarta
Kode Jurnal: jpkebidanandd170393
