Akupresur Efektif Mengatasi Intensitas Nyeri Post Sectio Caesarea

Abstract

Background: The number of labor with sectio caesarea in Central Java in every year has increased. Problems that may appear after the sectio caesarea is pain. Lemon Aromatherapy is a kind of aromathic therapy which can use for against the pain and anxiety with linalool contens. Acupressure can also be used to treat the pain. Objective: This study aimed to analyze the effectiveness of lemon aromatherapy and acupressure in against pain intensity of post sectio caesarea. Methods: This research used Quasi Experiment method with two group pret-test and post-test design. The number of samples of research were 40 person, 20 person were in group of lemon aromatherapy and 20 person were in group of acupressure. The sampling techniques used consecutive sampling. Lemon aromatherapy and acupressure were given in 2 days, aromatherapy inhaled for 15 minutes and acupressure performed 30 times during 10 minutes. The measuring instrument which used was Numeric Rating Scale (NRS). Result: This study showed that lemon aromatherapy and acupressure were effective to against the pain scale of post sectio caesarea with p value = 0,001 (p < 0,05). Conclusions: Lemon aromatherapy and acupressure were effective to against the pain scale of post sectio caesarea, but acupressure therapy was more effective to against the pain of post sectio caesarea with mean value of acupressure 1,15 bigger than mean of lemon aromatherapy 1,10. Suggestion: both of these therapies can be used as an alternative therapy to against the pain of post sectio caesarea.