Can Swiss Ball Exercise Technique Reduce Menstrual Pain Intensity in Tahfidzul Qur'an Islamic Boarding School Ibnu Abbas Klaten?

摘要

The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of the Swiss ball exercise technique on decreasing the intensity of menstrual pain in teenage girl. The design used is quasi experiment. The research subjects were 40 teenage girls using purposive sampling consisting of 20 subjects as the intervention group and 20 respondents as the control group. The Swiss ball exercise technique is carried out once a day for 15 minutes for 2 days by using a ball made of rubber with a size depending on the subject's height, pain scale is measured by the Numeric Rating Scale questionnaire. The results of the research showed a significant decrease in menstrual pain levels in teenage girls (p value = 0,000). This proves that the Swiss ball exercise technique has a significant effect in reducing the level of menstrual pain in teenage girls at the Islamic Boarding School Tahfidzul Qur'an Ibnu Abbas Klaten.