Abstract:
There are still many teenagers who do not understand how to handle dysmenorrhea pain, therefore it is necessary to emphasize to introduce teenagers about the management of dysmenorrhea pain both pharmacologically and non-pharmacologically. In non-pharmacological simple treatment can be done alone such as therapy and others, various types of non-pharmacological therapy, namely warm compresses, massage, gymnastics and hypnotherapy. This study aimed to determine the effect of hypnotherapy on dysmenorrhea pain in adolescent girls. The research design used a literature review. Data collection procedure used organizing, synthesizing, identifying, and formulating. The journals studied were 10 journals taken from the Garuda Portal, Google Scholar, Research Gate, and Pubmed using the keywords "hipnoterapi" and "nyeri" and "dismenore" for national journals and "hypnotherapy" and "menstrual pain" for international journals. The time span used was journals published in 2017-2021. The results of a journal review suggested that most of the pain scales before hypnotherapy were moderate to severe, and after hypnotherapy the pain scale decreased to moderate to no pain. The conclusion that could be drawn was that there was an effect of hypnotherapy on dysmenorrhea pain in adolescent girls. Hypnotherapy affects the work of the cerebral cortex so as to produce positive perceptions and relaxation, indirectly helping the balance of body homeostasis through the HPA Axis, to produce Coticitropin Releasing Factor (CRF). Furthermore, CRF stimulates the pituitary gland to decrease ACTH production so that the production of endorphins increases which then decreases the production of cortisol and other stress hormones so that pain decreases and the body will relax.
