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Research Paper | Nursing | India | Volume 11 Issue 8, August 2022
A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Mint Leaves Paste on Dysmenorrhoea among Adolescent Girls in Selected Area at Moradabad
Shirish Upadhyay | M. Jasline [3]
Abstract: Menstruation is a normal, healthy happening so many years in life, and the dysmenorrhoea is the most common problem among adolescent girls and causes moderate to severe pain and discomfort, and it affects their academic performance and it is necessary to resolve these problems at least decrease the severity of symptoms, and home remedies will be helpful because home remedies have less side effects.The main objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of the mint leave paste on dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls in selected area at Moradabad, quasi experimental design was adopted, among 60 adolescent girls, 30 in each group purposive sampling technique was used to select the samples. 5gram mint leaves paste with honey was given to the participants for 5 days in the experimental group.The analysis revealed that, in control group there was no statistically significant difference noted in the mean values of dysmenorrhoea pain scores (p>0.05) between pre-test score was 4.67?0.95 and post-test score was 4.70?0.95 and in the experimental group there was a statistically significant difference noted in the mean values of dysmenorrhoea pain scores (p<0.05) between pre-test score was 5.23?0.43 and post-test score was 2.90?0.60. So, it was identified that mint leaves paste was reducing pain during menstruation, so it can be implement to prevent the dysmenorrhea and reduce the pain during menstruation.
Keywords: Adolescent Girls, Mint Paste, Menstruation and Dysmenorrhea
Edition: Volume 11 Issue 8, August 2022,
Pages: 7 - 9