PENGARUH PIJAT ENDORPHIN TERHADAP PENURUNAN RASA NYERI PUNGGUNG IBU HAMIL

The most common complaint in third trimester pregnant women is back pain. If not treated immediately, it can lead to chronic pain. One way to deal with back pain is to use a gentle massage technique called Endorphin massage to release endorphins which are natural pain relievers in the body. The initial survey conducted by researchers found that most pregnant women experienced severe pain. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of endorphin massage on reducing the intensity of back pain in third trimester pregnant women. The design used was pre-experimental with a one-group pretest posttest design approach. Samples were taken from the population that met the inclusion criteria at BPS Ny. Khusnul Imarwatin from April to May 2016 as many as 28 respondents with consecutive sampling. The independent variable is Endorphin massage technique while the dependent variable is back pain. The instrument uses the SOP for Endorphin massage techniques and the Bourbanis Scale observation sheet. The results showed that before Endorphin massage was done, most of the 3rd trimester pregnant women experienced severe pain and after Endorphin massage was done it reduced to moderate pain. The results of the Wilcoxon sign rank test with = 0.05 showed p = 0.000 so that p <0.05 means that there is an effect of Endorphin massage on reducing the intensity of back pain. Endorphin massage is one of the non-pharmacological alternatives to treat pain, so it is recommended that midwives provide health education and teach pregnant women couples Endorphin massage to relieve back pain symptoms.