THE EFFECT OF RELAXATION TECHNIQUES IN BREATHING ON THE DECREASED INTENSITY OF PAIN IN POST PATIENTS OPERATION APPENDICTOMY AT THE REGIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCY KONAWE HOSPITAL

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In general post operative apendiktomi experience pain due to surgical wound surgery. The effects of postoperative pain will improve postoperative stress and have a negative effect on the healing of pain. Based on medical record data at BLUD Konawe Hospital, the number of post-operative patients of Appendicitis in 2015 was 161 Patients, and in 2016 there were 179 patients treated postoperative appendicitis. While the number of patients Post Operation Appendicitis period January to March amounted to 38 patients. Nurses do not provide relaxation techniques providing pharmacological therapy only. This study aims to determine the effect of deep breath relaxation techniques on the decrease in pain intensity in postoperative patients Appendicitis at BLUD Konawe Hospital. This type of research is experimental with the design of One Group Pretest Posttest. The population in this study was an infinite population of all postpartum appendicitis patients at Konawe Hospital Konawe BLUD in July 2017. While the sample size was 22 people, the sampling technique was using simple random sampling. The analysis method used is Wilcoxon signed rank test. Wilcoxon signed rank test results showed that there was an effect of deep breathing relaxation technique on the decrease of pain intensity in postoperative appendicitis patient at Konawe Hospital BLUD. Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) (0,000 0.05).It is expected that the nurses who are in charge at BLUD Konawe Hospital to add the provision of breath relaxation techniques into the action plan of nursing care