P PRENATAL YOGA ON BACK PAIN REDUCTION IN TRIMESTER III PREGNANT WOMEN

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Background: Back pain can range from mild discomfort to painful pain. The prevalence of low back pain in pregnant women is around 70-86%. To reduce low back pain during pregnancy, non-pharmacological treatment can be done with prenatal yoga.

Purpose: To determine the effect of prenatal yoga on reducing back pain in the third trimester of pregnant women at PMB Rina Irmawati, Taman Fajar Village, Purbolinggo, East Lampung Regency in 2022.

Method: This quantitative research used a quasi-experimental design with a non-equivalent control group design. The population in this study was all third-trimester pregnant women at PMB Rina Irmawati, Taman Fajar Village, Purbolinggo, East Lampung Regency from June to July 2022, with a total of 46 people. The sample in this study amounted to 30 people, comprising 15 people in the intervention group and 15 in the control group, selected by purposive sampling. Data analysis in this study then employed the Mann-Whitney test.

Results: Mean back pain in pregnant women before doing prenatal yoga was 4.8 (moderate pain), while after doing prenatal yoga, it was 0.6 (mild pain). Meanwhile, in the control group during the pretest, the mean back pain in third trimester pregnant women was 4.6 (moderate pain), while at the posttest, it was 0.9 (mild pain). In addition, the Mann-Whitney test with a p-value of 0.001.

Conclucion: An effect of prenatal yoga on reducing back pain in the third trimester of pregnant women at PMB Rina Irmawati, Taman Fajar Village, Purbolinggo, East Lampung Regency in 2022. The suggestion is that pregnant women can routinely attend prenatal yoga classes to treat and prevent back pain.

Keywords            : Prenatal Yoga, Back Pain, Third Trimester Pregnant Women