THE EFFECT OF PRENATAL YOGA EXERCISE COMBINATION AND LAVENDER AROMATHERAPY ON BLOOD PRESSURE CHANGES IN PREGNANT WOMEN

Abstract

Pregnancy is a process that every woman experiences, changes will begin to occur, namely the physical, mental and social aspects. The health problem that pregnant women will experience is high blood pressure. This research aims to determine the effect of a combination of prenatal yoga exercises and lavender aroma therapy on changes in blood pressure in pregnant women at the Janti Health Center, Malang City. Pre-experiment design method with a one group pre and post-test approach. The research population consisted of 182 respondents with a sample of 20 pregnant women. The sampling technique uses purposive sampling. The analysis used was univariate analysis to determine the characteristics of the respondents and bivariate analysis using the Wilcoxon test to compare the results of blood pressure measurements before and after being given the combined intervention of prenatal yoga and lavender aromatherapy. Research results before the combination of prenatal yoga exercise and lavender aroma therapy intervention were carried out, the mean result was 121/80 mmHg, after the intervention was carried out the combination of prenatal yoga exercise and lavender aroma therapy, the mean result was 114/74 mmHg, there was an influence of the combination of prenatal yoga exercise and lavender aroma therapy on changes in blood pressure (p-value = 0.00 < 0.05). Providing a combination of prenatal yoga exercises and lavender aroma therapy is a non-pharmacological therapy that can be applied to pregnant women because it has an influence on changes in blood pressure.