COMPARATION THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BOILED GINGER AND ORANGE JUICE IN REDUCING EMESIS GRAVIDARUM IN PREGNANT MOTHER

Abstract

Teenagers who experience dysmenorrhea are caused by uterine muscle spasms, dysmenorrhea is a normal condition that occurs in women who are experiencing menstruation, pain dysmenorrhea appears can be influenced by psychological factors and physical factors such as stress and tiredness, because teenagers are stressed, the body will produce adrenaline, estrogen, progesterone and prostaglandin hormones that are excessive. Estrogen can cause an increase in excessive uterine contractions while progesterone inhibits contraction. This excessive contraction causes pain during menstruation. One of the non-pharmacological treatments for dysmenorrhea is by giving white turmeric drink. This study aims to look at the effect of giving white turmeric juice drinks to dysmenorrhea in adolescents of class VIII at SMPN 4 Sarolangun. This type of research is an experimental study with a quasiexperimental design with a research design of one group pretest-posttest. The population was all girls in class VIII as many as 41 people. The number of samples obtained is as many as 8 people. Collection data through question and answer and pain measurement used Wong faces pain rating scale and numeral rating scale (NRS). Univariate analysis showed the average value of the Pre-test is 6.88 and the average value of the Post Test is 4.13. bivariate using Dependent t-Test obtained p-Value 0,000 (p <0.05) means Ha accepted. So it was concluded that there was an effect of giving white turmeric juice drinks to dysmenorrhea in adolescent girls at Sarolangun Junior High School 4. It is expected that adolescents will apply intervention as a way to deal with the pain of dysmenorrhea during menstruation.