THE EFFECT OF ABDOMINAL MASSAGE ON CONSTIPATION IN STROKE PATIENTSATGRANDMED LUBUK PAKAM HOSPITAL IN 2023

Abstract

Abdominal massage is a very effective intervention in overcoming constipation, besides that this therapy also does not cause dangerous side effects because it is a non-invasive action, can be done by the patient himselfand relatively inexpensive. The purpose of this study wasto determine the constipation score before and after abdominal massage. This study used a quantitative research design with a one group pretest-posttest design model, namely before the implementation of the sample observation was made and after the treatment was re-observed. Based on the resulting probability of 0.001. This means the probability