ABSTRACT

THE EFFECT OF HATHA YOGA TOWARD DECREASING OF

DYSMENORRHEA LEVEL ON ADOLESCENCE
IN SMPN 2 KURIPAN

BY
NI MADE AYU SULASTRI
043STYC14

Adolescence is period of transition from teenagers to adulthood where

puberty in women marked of menstruation and at the time of menstruation suffered
by women can cause some problems, one of them are dysmenorrhea or pain in
menstruation. Hatha yoga is one of the non-pharmacological therapy that can be used
to reduce the pain of dysminorrhoea. The aim of this research is to determine the
effect of hatha yoga toward decreasing levels of dysminorous pain in adolescents in
SMPN 2 Kuripan. Type of this research is Pre-Experiment using One Group Pre-Test
- Post Test approach (pre and post test in one group) with population in this research
around 60 people with samples taken around 16 people, technique used in taking the
samples in this research is purposive sampling and instruments of data collection in
this research are observation sheets hatha yoga movement and pain rate sheet
(Numeric rating scale) while for data analysis using T-Dependent Test. The result of
paired T test obtained the significant value p = 0.000 (p <0.05), the meaning of the
result of data analysis above is significant because p value <0.05 where p value =
0.000 <0.05. Respondents were expected to use Hatha Yoga exercises to reduce
discomfort of dysmenorrhea and they should avoid to use pharmacological
techniques.

Keywords: Dysmenorrhea, Hatha Yoga, Puberty.