THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SPIRITUAL EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE (SEFT) AND ABDOMINAL STRETCHING EXERCISE ON PRIMARY DYSMENORRHEA

Nilam Noorma; Edi Purwanto; Indah Nur Imamah

Nilam Noorma Doctoral Program in Public Health Faculty, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
Edi Purwanto Department of Nursing, Health Polytechnic East Borneo, Samarinda, Indonesia
Indah Nur Imamah Department of Nursing, Health Polytechnic East Borneo, Samarinda, Indonesia

Abstract

Abstract
Non-pharmacological methods that can reduce dysmenorrhea pain are Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique (SEFT) and Abdominal Stretching Exercise. The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in the effectiveness of Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique (SEFT) and Abdominal Stretching Exercise on the intensity of dysmenorrhea pain in adolescent girls. This research method uses a quasi-experimental research design using a non-equivalent pretest-posttest design. The total population is 132 female students and a sample of 30 respondents with sampling using non-probability sampling technique by means of consecutive sampling. Data analysis using Paired T-test, the normality test is obtained the data is not normally distributed, then the test used is the Wilcoxon Test. The results showed can be concluded that there is no significant difference between Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique (SEFT) and Abdominal Stretching Exercise on the intensity of primary dysmenorrhea in adolescents. The results of the comparison test of the two techniques show that at Mann Whitney Test there was a difference between the 2 interventions, in which the SEFT intervention was more effective. It is expected that adolescents can perform Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique (SEFT) and Abdominal Stretching Exercise to reduce dysmenorrhea pain.
Keywords: Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique (SEFT), Abdominal Stretching Exercise, dysmenorrhea