Effectiveness of Effleurage Massage and Gentle Prenatal Yoga Poses on Pregnancy Back Pain Discomfort

Abstract

Background: Back pain during pregnancy is a type of back pain that occurs during pregnancy, and previously, the pregnant woman had no history of back pain. Based on the results of a study conducted in the Kartasura Health Center Working Area, Central Java, on 140 respondents of pregnant women in the first and second trimesters, it was found that 64.3% of respondents complained of back pain, 18.6% of respondents complained of lower back pain, and 17.1% of respondents complained of a combination of both.

Objective: To analyze the significant differences between effleurage massage and Prenatal Gentle Yoga Pose on pregnancy back pain discomfort.

Method: Quantitative research using quasi-experimental measurement method and one group pretest-post test design. The population and sample in this study were pregnant women in the second and third trimesters who experienced back pain during pregnancy. Respondents were divided into two treatment groups, namely the group with effleurage massage treatment and the group with Prenatal Gentle Yoga Pose treatment. The sampling technique used was accidental sampling. This study consisted of independent variables, namely effleurage massage and Prenatal Gentle Yoga Pose while the dependent variable was complaints of back pain during pregnancy. This study was conducted at TPMB Maulina Hasnida, M.MKes Surabaya. The data analysis techniques used were the Wilcoxon signed-rank test and the Mann Whitney Test.

Results: The results of the research analysis using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test showed that α <0.05, ρ Value = 0.000 which means that Effleurage Massage and Prenatal Gentle Yoga Pose have an effect on the discomfort of Back Pain in pregnancy. The results of the analysis test using the Mann Whitney test in each treatment group showed significant results (P-value 0.048 & 0.035).

Conclusion: Effleurage massage has higher effectiveness compared to prenatal gentle yoga to reduce discomfort of pregnancy back pain. Pregnant women are advised to apply effleurage massage and Prenatal Gentle Yoga pose to overcome discomfort of pregnancy back pain and further research is needed on factors that may influence the occurrence of discomfort of pregnancy back pain.