Lavender Aromatherapy on Alleviating Menstrual Pain in Female Teenagers: A Case Study on Polanharjo Klaten

Sri Sat Titi Hamranani, Devi Permata Sari

2019

Abstract

Menstrual pain is lower abdominal pain originating from uterine cramps and occurs during menstruation. Menstrual pain occurs due to an increase of progesterone hormone. Menstrual pain is often experienced by teenagers and is very disturbing daily activities, thus requiring handling to reduce menstrual pain. Aromatherapy lavender is one of the treatments to reduce menstrual pain. This study aims to determine the influence of lavender aromatherapy on alleviating of menstrual pain in teenagers in Polanharjo. The method used in this research was Pre-Experimental with One Group Pre-test Post-test design on the 16 female teenagers who experience menstrual pain. NRS (Numeric Rating Scale) was utilized to assess the scale of pain. The results shown that the mean before lavender aromatherapy was given 3.69 and the mean after given lavender aromatherapy 2.06. Once given lavender aromatherapy there was a decrease in pain 1.63. Result of data analysis got P = 0,000, α = 0,05. The conclusions of this study indicate that lavender Aromatherapy affected to alleviate of menstrual pain

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Hamranani S. and Sari D. (2019). Lavender Aromatherapy on Alleviating Menstrual Pain in Female Teenagers: A Case Study on Polanharjo Klaten.In Proceedings of the 2nd Health Science International Conference - Volume 1: HSIC, ISBN 978-989-758-462-6, pages 104-109. DOI: 10.5220/0009123301040109

in Bibtex Style

@conference{hsic19,
author={Sri Sat Titi Hamranani and Devi Permata Sari},
title={Lavender Aromatherapy on Alleviating Menstrual Pain in Female Teenagers: A Case Study on Polanharjo Klaten},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd Health Science International Conference - Volume 1: HSIC,},
year={2019},
pages={104-109},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009123301040109},
isbn={978-989-758-462-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd Health Science International Conference - Volume 1: HSIC,
TI - Lavender Aromatherapy on Alleviating Menstrual Pain in Female Teenagers: A Case Study on Polanharjo Klaten
SN - 978-989-758-462-6
AU - Hamranani S.
AU - Sari D.
PY - 2019
SP - 104
EP - 109
DO - 10.5220/0009123301040109