APPLICATION OF FINGERPRINT RELAXATION TECHNIQUES TO

REDUCE PAIN INTENSITY IN POST HERNIORAPHY PATIENTS

Mohamad Ajib Muthohar
ABSTRACT
Background: Hernia is the discharge of the contents of the abdomen through a
defect or weakest part of the wall of the cavity in question. One of the interventions
carried out to treat hernias is surgery, one of which is hernioraphy, which causes
pain. Pain is an unpleasant feeling that can affect a person and is subjective. The
approach used by pharmacology is by finger hand-held relaxation techniques.
Therefore the purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the
application of hand-held relaxation techniques to reduce the scale of pain in patients
post hernioraphy surgery
Method: In this method there was 1 patient with a post hernioraphy patient who
complained of pain in the former surgery. Here, patients are asked to hold their
fingers while regulating their breath for about 30 minutes
Result: The results of this study indicate changes in the scale of pain obtained from
the observational scale using the numeric rating scale (NRS) method. changes can
be seen from the patient's response before and after handheld relaxation therapy.
scale obtained before therapy 6 and after it is done into 3
Conclusion: The conclusion of this study is that the procedure for finger hand
relaxation can affect the level of pain scale in patients with post hernioraphy
Suggestion: the hand-held relaxation techniques is recomended for nurse to reduce
pain intensity post hernioraphy
Keywords: Finger hand relaxation technique, Pain, Post Hernioraphy