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A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Aromatherapy on Dysmenorrhea among Adolescent Girls in Selected Schools at Mysore
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Background: One of the major physiological changes that take place in adolescent girls is the onset of menarche. After that many girls faces problems of irregular menstruation, excessive bleeding & dysmenorrhea. In that dysmenorrhea is the most common problem experienced by most of the adolescent girls. Dysmenorrhea can be treated with a variety of drugs, including pain relievers, sedatives, antispasmodics, prostaglandin inhibitors, and oral contraceptives. However, these drugs can and do produce many unacceptable side effects. Aromatherapy is the therapeutic use of essential oils obtained from plants. When properly used, essential oils are very safe therapy for menstrual cramps without harmful side effect.
Method: In this study, a quasi experimental design was used and non probability convenience sampling technique was adopted to select 60 adolescent girls , both in experimental and control group. Pilot study was conducted, the tool and study design were found to be feasible. Data were collected using standardized numerical visual analogue scale. Aroma therapy was administered to the experimental group. The data were collected and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Result: The result of the study revealed that the significance of difference between the mean pre test and post test pain score in experimental group which was statistically tested using repeated measures of ANOVA and was found to be highly significant at 0.05 level of significance (p<.05) and the significance of difference between the mean post test1, 2, 3 pain scores between experimental and control group which was statistically tested using independent 't' test was found to be highly significant at 0.05 level of significance (t(58)=9.97, 6.56, 4.02; p<0.05). The result also shown that the pain scores of adolescent girls had no significant association with their selected personal variables except regularity of menstruation which is partially supported
Conclusion: Therefore, the study concluded that aromatherapy was effective method to reduce the dysmenorrhea of adolescent girls.
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