The Effect of Lavender Aromatherapy Giving on Perineum Pain in Post Partum Mothers

Vitrilina Hutabarat, Stefani Anastasia Sitepu, Megawati Sinambela, G. F. Gustina Siregar

2019

Abstract

Perineum pain in post-partum mothers is a physiological condition that is experienced by post-partum mothers, but it can interfere mobilization that causes complications such as post-partum hemorrhage. Lavender aromatherapy is proven to reduce perineum pain. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of lavender aromatherapy giving on perineum pain. This study used quasy experimental method with pre-test post-test with control group approach with total of 36 research subjects. Subjects were in 2 groups which there were18 research subjects in each group. The study was conducted twice with pain observation sheets or VAS (Visual Analogue Scale), i.e. during the active phase. Statistical analysis tests used Wilcoxon test with Mann Whitney test. There was a difference on perineum pain in post-partum mothers in the assessment before and after lavender aromatherapy given with p value = 0,000 (p <0.05) whereas pain level of pre-test in Lavender therapy group majority of severe pain category (72.2%) and after post-test the majority are moderate pain categories (77.8%).

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Hutabarat V., Sitepu S., Sinambela M. and Siregar G. (2019). The Effect of Lavender Aromatherapy Giving on Perineum Pain in Post Partum Mothers.In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT, ISBN 978-989-758-460-2, pages 341-347. DOI: 10.5220/0009514903410347

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ichimat19,
author={Vitrilina Hutabarat and Stefani Anastasia Sitepu and Megawati Sinambela and G. F. Gustina Siregar},
title={The Effect of Lavender Aromatherapy Giving on Perineum Pain in Post Partum Mothers},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT,},
year={2019},
pages={341-347},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009514903410347},
isbn={978-989-758-460-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT,
TI - The Effect of Lavender Aromatherapy Giving on Perineum Pain in Post Partum Mothers
SN - 978-989-758-460-2
AU - Hutabarat V.
AU - Sitepu S.
AU - Sinambela M.
AU - Siregar G.
PY - 2019
SP - 341
EP - 347
DO - 10.5220/0009514903410347