THE EFFECT OF PRENATAL GENTLE YOGA ON LOW BACK PAIN IN PREGNANT WOMEN IN THE II-III TM AT THE VERA CLINIC IN 2024

Abstract

Pregnant women in various regions of Indonesia reach 60-80% experience back pain. The prevalence of back pain occurs in pregnancy with reported incidents of 50% in England and Scandinavia, Australia reaching 70%. One of the non-pharmacological alternatives that can be attempted to reduce complaints of lower back pain is prenatal gentle yoga. The type of research used is Quasi Experimental (quasi-experimental) with a One Group Pre-post Test Design. The data collection technique used a questionnaire sheet. The research sample used the Accidental Sampling technique using the T-test. The sample obtained 30 pregnant women with inclusion criteria: Pregnant women in the second-third trimester with complaints of lower back pain, the condition of the mother and fetus in a healthy condition without complications. Respondents were measured for pain levels before and after being given prenatal gentle yoga 4 times with a duration of 30 minutes. The pain measurement instrument used was the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) sheet. The data analysis technique used T-test analysis with a p value of 0.000 <α 0.05.) which means Ha is accepted, there is an effect of prenatal gentle yoga on reducing lower back pain. This study is in line with the study (Nur Amalina Leandra et al., 2021), prenatal gentle yoga has a significant effect on reducing back pain in pregnant women in the third trimester after intervention was carried out twice for one week with a duration of 60 minutes with a p value of 0.000.

Keywords: Pregnant Women, Lower Back Pain, Prenatal Gentle Yoga.