The Effectiveness of Acupressure for 3-Month Birth Control Acceptors Who Complaint of Menometrorrhagia

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of acupressure therapy in 3-month contraceptive injection acceptors who experience complaints of menometrorrhagia. The research used an experimental method with a posttest-only non-equivalent control group design. The sample consisted of 23 acceptors of 3-month contraceptive injections who were divided into two intervention groups: Intervention 1 (reducing complaints from moderate to mild) and Intervention 2 (reducing complaints from mild to very mild or cured).  The results of statistical analysis showed that the average rating of menometrorrhagia complaints in the Intervention 1 group (14.23) was higher than Intervention 2 (9.10) with a significant value (p = 0.029). This shows that there is a significant difference between the two intervention groups, where Intervention 1 is more effective in reducing complaints of menometrorrhagia. These findings indicate that acupressure therapy is an effective method and can be applied as a non-pharmacological alternative.