Jurnal Kesehatan Ibu dan Anak
Vol 12 No 1 (2018): July

The effect of warm compress and aromatherapy lavender to decreasing pain on primary dysmenorrhea

Yunianingrum, Esti (Unknown)
Widyastuti, Yani (Unknown)
Margono, Margono (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jul 2018

Abstract

Primary dysmenorrhea is menstrual pain that occurs since menarche without a pelvic pathology condition causing disruption of daily activity and decreasing quality of life. Improved blood circulation and aromatic smell can reduce pain.This study aim to know the different mean decrease pain of primary dysmenorrhea in given warm compress and aromatherapy lavender.This study was quasi experimental design. The subjects of this study was adolescents of 44 respondents who suffered of dysmenorrhea and met the criteria. The results of this study indicate that  the mean of primary dysmenorrhea pain before and after given warm compress is 6.05 ± 1.046 and 3.55 ± 1.335 with mean decrease of 2.5, it means there was influence of giving warm compress to decrease of primary dysmenorrhea pain (p = 0,000). The mean of primary dysmenorrhea pain before and after lavender aromatherapy was 5.95 ± 1.214 and 4.77 ± 1.232 with a mean decrease of 1.18, it means there was an effect of lavender aromatherapy on decreasing primary dysmenorrhea pain (p = 0.000). Mann Whitney test obtained results p = 0.000, means there were differences dysmenorrhea pain reduction with warm compresses and aromatherapy lavender. Warm compresses are more effective in reducing primary dysmenorrhea pain.

Copyrights © 2018






Journal Info

Abbrev

kia

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

Description

Jurnal Kesehatan Ibu dan Anak particularly focuses on the main problems in the development of the sciences of midwifery areas. It covers the Antenatal Care, Intranatal and Newborn Baby Care, Postnatal and Breastfeeding Care, Reproductive Health, Family Planning, Maternal and Neonatal Emergency ...