Abstract
Dysmenorrhoea is a gynecological complaint caused by an imbalance of the progesterone hormone in the blood, which causes pain and is most often characterized by menstrual cramps. A safe way to treat dysmenorrhoea is by boiling helbal, which is red ginger drink. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of red ginger drink on reducing the scale of dysmenorrhoea pain on students at the University of Imelda Medan.This research method uses quantitative research with a descriptive design. The number of respondents in this study were 42 people using the sampling technique with the Slovin formula. The instrument used was a questionnaire with yes or no answer choices. The results of the study of 42 respondents, the majority who experienced pain or dysmenorrhoea, were 32 respondents with a percentage (92.9%). And the effect of red ginger drink on the dysmenorrhoea pain scale was 29 respondents with a percentage (69.0%). The effect of red ginger drink on the primary dysmenorrhoea pain scale is sufficient.
Highlights
Nyeri menstruasi atau dismenorea ialah keluhan ginekologi yang diakibatkan karena ketidak seimbangan hormon progesterone yang berada dalam darah sehingga mengakibatkan timbulnya rasa nyeri dan yang paling sering terjadi pada perempuan
Dysmenorrhoea is a gynecological complaint caused by an imbalance of the progesterone hormone in the blood, which causes pain and is most often characterized by menstrual cramps
A safe way to treat dysmenorrhoea is by boiling helbal, which is red ginger drink
Summary
Nyeri menstruasi atau dismenorea ialah keluhan ginekologi yang diakibatkan karena ketidak seimbangan hormon progesterone yang berada dalam darah sehingga mengakibatkan timbulnya rasa nyeri dan yang paling sering terjadi pada perempuan. Perempuam yang mengalami nyeri menstruasi biasanya memproduksi prostaglandin 10 kali lebih banyak dibandingkan dengan perempuan yang tidak mengalami nyeri menstruasi. Angka kejadian nyeri menstruasi diseluruh dunia masih sangat banyak, persentasi kejadian nyeri menstruasi di dunia rata-rata lebih dari 50% atau berkisar sebesar 15,8-89,5% wanita disetiap Negara mengalami nyeri menstruasi (Widiatami dkk, 2018). Dismenorea merupakan permasalahan yang banyak dikeluhkan oleh mahasiwa. Hal ini sesuai dengan penelitian Beddu (2015) yang menyatakan bahwa dampak dari dismenorea dapat mengganggu aktivitas mahasiswi dan menyebabkan ketidakhadiran di kampus (Beddu, 2015). Gangguan yang dirasakan oleh mahasiswa seperti pusing, nyeri perut hingga menyebabkan keringat dingin hingga pingsan
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