Effectiveness of the self-tapping relaxation technique on dysmenorrhea pain among nursing students

Background: Menstruation is the discharge of blood, mucus, and cell debris from uterus at regular intervals with a cycle. One non-pharmacological methods that can be used to reduce menstrual pain self-tapping. The phenomenon found in female students Emmaus Dormitory Surabaya, they overcome dysmenorrhea by taking anti-pain medication, consuming traditional herbal medicine " turmeric/curcuma terra merita (meritorious earth) not being given anything until goes away.Purpose: To analyse effectiveness self-tapping relaxation technique on painMethod: One-group-pre-post test experimental design population nursing living dormitory Surabaya who experienced primary dysmenorrhea. sampling was simple random 35 participants. instrument Numeric Rating Scale.Results: In pre-intervention, most participants (51%) severe pain. After more than 50% mild Wilcoxon results showed = 0.05 p 0.000. p-value < then Ho rejected, which means there an effect decrease level dysmenorrhea.Conclusion : Self-tapping techniques increasing serotonin hormone.