Effectiveness of Billig’s Exercise on Reduction of Dysmenorrhea among Adolescent Girls

Background: Dysmenorrhea refers to uncomfortable menstruation.Billig's exercises are quite beneficial for the treatment of menstruation disorders.Considering insufficient information on dysmenorrhea in Bagalkot district, the present study aimed to identify the effectiveness of Billig's exercise on the reduction of dysmenorrhea among adolescent girls.Methods: This study used a true experimental pre-test-post-test control group design using an experimental method, a subtype of a quantitative approach.Using purposive sampling procedures, a non-probability sampling technique, 60 teenage girls with dysmenorrhea were recruited for the study; 30 were assigned to the experimental group and 30 to the control group.In both groups of teenage females, the degree of menstruation pain was measured using the Numerical Pain Intensity Scale.Descriptive as well as inferential statistics were used to analyze data.Results: Both inferential and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data.In the experimental and control groups, the pretest values for menstrual pain in adolescent girls were 6.27 and 6.53, respectively.The experimental and control groups had mean post-test scores of 2.60 and 3.5, respectively.Two groups were compared and correlated using the independent 't' test (t=25.87)and Mann Whitney's U test (U=723). Conclusion:The study found that Billig's exercise is beneficial in relieving menstruation discomfort in adolescent girls.