Abstract

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Yoga Exercises and Provision of Vitamin E to Decreasing Dysmenorrhea in Female Student S-1 of Health Promotion program at Padang Health Polytechnic on 2019 xiv + 85 pages + 15 tables + 22 images + 11 attachments ABSTRACT Dysmenorrhea is an excessive disorder during menstruation which causes women to recover or engage in activities which results in increased ability and affects academic and social activities. In nonpharmacology yoga exercises can increase the endorphin hormone in the body so that it can reduce pain during menstruation. And vitamin E has a role in inhibiting prostaglandin synthesis, while prostaglandin is associated with the onset of pain when attacked. The purpose of this research was to learn how yoga exercises and the provision of vitamin E to reduce dysmenorrhea in the female student S-1 of Health Promotion Program at the Padang Health Polytechnic. This type of research was pre-experimental with two groups pretest posttest design. The population of this research was all of the S-1 female students of Health Promotion Program at the Padang Health Polytechnic with sample of 32 people. Data is collected by filling in the numerical rating scale. Data analysis using dependent T-Test and independent T-Test. The results of the research after an independent sample T-Test were obtained after the average of yoga exercises was 3.13 while the average after being given vitamin E was 1.94. H0 was rejected with p-value