Abstract:
Acupressure is nonpharmacologic therapy for dysmenorrhea. The purpose of this research was to identify the effect of acupressure on pain (intensity and location) and level of anxity in adolescent with dysmenorrhea at SMAN 5 and MA AL-HUDA Bengkalis. This study was quasi-experimental with non-equivalent pretest-posttest kontrol group design. The sample were 80 respondens, devided into intervention and control group with purposive sampling methode. The analisys used was univariate bivariate analysis. The result showed that there was significant decrease in the pain intensity, pain location and level of anxity after the acupressure (P-value<0.05). Acupressure at LR3 and PC6 can be an effective and cost-free for self care and can be use widely as part of nursing intervention.
