Effectiveness of Mint Leaf Extract (Mentha Piperita Linn.) on Menstrual Pain Level in Adolescents
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- 10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.063How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- mint leaf extract, menstrual pain, teenagers
- Abstract
1) Background: Menstrual pain is cramping and excessive pain experienced by women during menstruation. The impact of menstrual pain can result in a woman being forced to leave work and disrupt daily activities. Non pharmacological therapy is also needed to reduce menstrual pain, mint scent found in mint leaves is useful for reducing nausea, headaches and pain during menstruation. The purpose of this study was to analyze the differences in the effectiveness of giving mint (Mentha Piperita Linn.) leaf extract to the level of menstrual pain in adolescents. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with a non-randomized control group pretest posttest design. Bourbaris pain numerical scale to measure the menstrual pain scale before and after the intervention was carried out in 15 respondents in the intervention group and 15 respondents in the control group (without treatment). Data analysis employed the Shapiro Wilk normality test, the effectiveness of the intervention group before and after treatment with the Wilcoxon test, the difference between the two groups with the Mann-Whitney Test. Results: There was a difference in the level of menstrual pain before and after the intervention by giving mint extract with z value = −3,557 and a significance value of 0,000 (p <0.05). Administration of mint leaf extract was more effective in reducing menstrual pain compared to the control group with z value = −4,472 and significance value 0,000 (p <0.05).
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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TY - CONF AU - Wijayanti AU - Ernawati AU - Arista Apriani PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02/10 TI - Effectiveness of Mint Leaf Extract (Mentha Piperita Linn.) on Menstrual Pain Level in Adolescents BT - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Community Health (ICCH 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 300 EP - 304 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.063 DO - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.063 ID - 2020 ER -