Ekfektivitas Kompres Jahe Merah Dan Jahe Putih Terhadap Penurunan Intensitas Nyeri Punggung Bawah Pada Ibu Hamil Trimester III

Abstract

Back ground: Changes in the mother that occur during pregnancy are physiological, but if the changes in the mother's entire body system are not handled, it will become a sense of discomfort that disturbs during the pregnancy process. In third trimester pregnancy, one of the discomforts that often occurs in pregnant women is back pain caused by the increasing size of the fetus as the gestational age increases. So, the mother's weight begins to increase rapidly which results in the center point of the mother's gravity changing in front, so that when the mother stands the lower spine is curved. The purpose of this study was to determine the difference in the effect of red ginger compress and white ginger compress on reducing the intensity of low back pain in third trimester pregnant women at PMB Badariyah Magelang City. Method: Quasi experimental research with one group pretest posttest with control group desaign. Accidental sampling technique, the population of 38 third trimester pregnant women who experience back pain, a sample of 32 respondents divided into 2 groups. Univariate analysis using Shapiro-Wilk test and bivariate test using Wilcoxon test. To determine the effectiveness of using the Mann-Whitney test. Research Results: Univariate analysis of red ginger compress intervention showed a decrease in median 3 to 1, while white ginger compress showed a decrease in median 3 to 2. Bivariate analysis obtained there is an effect of pain reduction after given red ginger compress intervention with p value 0.000 (p<0.05) and there is an effect of pain reduction after given white ginger compress with p value 0.000 (p<0.05). Mann-Whitney test showed that red ginger compress intervention was more effective in reducing low back pain with a mean rank of 19.88 while the mean rank of white ginger compress was 13.13. Conclusion: Red ginger compress is more effective on low back pain in third trimester pregnant women. Suggestion: It is expected that the community, especially third trimester pregnant women, utilize natural resources, namely herbs, one of which is ginger, to reduce the discomfort of back pain.