THE EFFECT OF WARM RED GINGER COMPRESS ON DYSMENORRHEA PAIN SCALE IN FEMALE STUDENTS OF IKES PAYUNG NEGERI PEKANBARU

Abstract

Dysmenorrhea is a condition of menstrual pain that can interfere with daily activities. One of the non-pharmacological methods used to treat dysmenorrhea pain is a warm compress of red ginger. red ginger. This study aims to determine the effect of warm compress warm compress on dysmenorrhea pain scale in female students of the Institute of Health Payung Negeri Pekanbaru. This study used a quasi-experimental design with pre-post test without control group, which involved 141 respondents. Measurement of pain measurements were made before and after the administration of warm red ginger compresses using the Numeric Rating Scale (Numeric Rating Scale). using Numeric Rating Scale (NRS). Results The results showed that there was a significant decrease in the pain scale after being given the intervention with average value of pre-test 4.84 and post-test 3.19. Wilcoxon Signed Rank test test shows a p value = 0.000 (<0.05), which indicates that there is a significant effect on the pain scale after the intervention. indicates that there is a significant effect between warm compresses of red ginger with a decrease in dysmenorrhea pain scale. The conclusion of this study is that warm compresses of red ginger are effective in reducing the pain scale of dysmenorrhea and can be used as an alternative alternative non-pharmacological therapy that is simple and safe.