Jurnal Keperawatan Karya Bhakti
Vol. 11 No. 2 (2025)

AROMATERAPI LEMON MENURUNKAN TINGKAT NYERI PADA IBU POSTPARTUM SECTIO CAESAREA

Heru Setyowati, Agnes (Unknown)
Kustriyanti, Dwi (Unknown)
Widiati, Amrih (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
17 Jul 2025

Abstract

Background: Sectio caesarea is an artificial birth method that aims to deliver the baby. This action physically causes pain in the abdominal area due to surgery. Management of this pain can be done through non-pharmacological therapy such as lemon aromatherapy. Objective: To analyze the effect of lemon aromatherapy on pain levels in post-sectio caesarea mothers. Research Method: This type of research is quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test without control design. The research sample was 30 post-sectio caesarea mothers who were determined using the accidental sampling technique. Intervention was given by giving lemon aromatherapy for 30 minutes. Measurement of pain data using the Numerical Rating Scale. Research data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon test. Results: Giving lemon aromatherapy effectively reduced pain in all research respondents with a p value of 0.000. Conclusion: Lemon aromatherapy therapy can be used as an alternative therapy in handling cases of pain in post-CS mothers.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jkkb

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Subject

Health Professions Nursing Public Health

Description

Jurnal Keperawatan Karya Bhakti (JKKB) is an open access journal that publishes research results for educators and researchers in nursing studies. JKKB invites researchers to contribute ideas on the main scope of Medical Surgical Nursing, Maternity Nursing, Pediatric Nursing, Emergency Nursing, ...