The differences of effectiveness ginger water drink with warm compress therapy on dysmenorrhea in adolescents at senior high school of Sangkapura, Bawean Island

Abstract

Menstrual pain or often called dysmenorrhea often occurs during adolescence and adolescents who experience menstrual pain will be affected by academic, social and daily activities. The purpose of this study was to analyze the differences in the effectiveness of giving warm water compress therapy and drinking ginger water during dysmenorrhea in adolescents in high school. The research design used Quasy-Experimental with one group pre-post test design. The population and sample size are all young women who experience dysmenorrhea in high school in Sangkapura, Bawean Island. Sampling using simple random sampling technique obtained a sample of 80 respondents. Data collection of menstrual pain or dysmenorrhea using VDS (Verbal Descriptor Scale) and data analysis using Wilcoxon and Mann Whitney test with<0.05. The results showed that before being given ginger drink most (65%) experienced moderate pain and before being given a warm compress most (75%) experienced moderate pain and after being given ginger drink almost all (90%) experienced mild pain and after being given ginger ale warm compress most (65%) experienced mild pain. Wilcoxon test obtained p value 0.000 and mann whitney test p=0.001 meaning that there is a difference in the effectiveness of giving ginger drink with warm compress therapy when experiencing dysmenorrhea. From this study, it was found that there were differences in the effectiveness of giving ginger water drinks with warm compresses to adolescents who experienced dysmenorrhea at the senior high school in Sangkapura, Bawean Island. It is hoped that the provision of warm water compress therapy and drinking ginger water can be applied independently by students when menstrual pain occurs (Dysmenorrhea) and maintain the therapy as a non-pharmacological therapy to overcome menstrual pain.