PENGARUH PEMBERIAN TEKNIK RELAKSASI NAPAS DALAM TERHADAP PENURUNAN INTENSITAS NYERI PADA PASIEN POST OPERASI APPENDISITIS DI RSUD DR. M. YUNUS BENGKULU

Abstract

Deep breathing relaxation is a relaxation technique that is very simple and easy to do by anyone who is related to breathing and the flow of energy in our body. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of deep breathing relaxation techniques on reducing pain intensity for patients with post operative appendicitis at Dr. M. Yunus hospital of Bengkulu. The type of this research was a pre-experimental study using the one group pre and post test design with pain scale on deep breathing relaxation techniques given to patients with Post Surgery Appendicitis. Thesamples were taken with purposive sampling technique consisting of 15 people. The results of the research showed that the average level of pain before being given the deep breathing techniques to the postoperative appendicitis patients was 5.87 with the standard deviation of 1246. The average level of pain after being given it was 3.20 with the standard deviation of 1.014. The statistical test results obtained p value = 0,000 then there was the effect of the deep breathing relaxation techniques on the pain reduction for post operative appendicitis patients at Dr. M. Yunus hospital of Bengkulu.The hospital was to be able to develop and implement deep breathing relaxation techniques to reduce pain intensity for postoperative p appendicitis patients in Dr. M. Yunus hospital of Bengkulu.