The The Effect of Benson Relaxation Therapy to Reduction Anxiety on Premenstrual Syndrome

Abstract

Premenstruation syndrome as a situstion where a number of symptoms occus routinety axsociated with the menstrual cycle. The symptoms that often occur are anxiety an fear. Benson relaxation therapy as one of shape to reduce anxiety. This study aim to investigate the effect of benson relaxtion therapy to reduction anxiety on premenstrual syndrom. This study was a Quasy-experimental with pretest-posttest control group design. The subjects in this study of adolescents with premenstrual syndrome in As’adiyah Dormitory, Pondok Pesantren Darul Ulum Jombang amounted  40 respondents. The sampling techniques were Purposive Sampling. Data collection using questionnaire SPAF and SRAS. The were analyzed using Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney test. The results showed in the treatment group that there was an effect of benson relaxation therapy to reduction anxiety on premenstrual syndrome (0.003), the control group obtained  p-value 0.059 which mean that there was no influence. Based on Mann-Whitney test obtained  p-value 0.000 which means there are significant  a difference between the treatment group and the control group. The results of this study that there is the influence of benson relaxation therapy to reduce anxiety on premenstrual syndrome. Benson relaxation therapy proved to be an non pharmacology treatment to reduce anxiety on premenstrual syndrome.