Implementasi Pemberian Aromaterapi Lemon Terhadap Dismenorea Pada Remaja Putri Di Fakultas Ilmu Kesehatan Universitas Dirgantara Marsekal Suryadarma

Abstract

Dysmenorrhea is a reproductive health issue often experienced by young women, which can disrupt academic activities and focus on studying. One non-drug approach to easing menstrual discomfort is using lemon aromatherapy, which has calming and pain-relieving properties. This study aims to describe changes in the intensity of menstrual pain after administering lemon aromatherapy to female adolescents at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Dirgantara Marsekal Suryadarma University. This study used a descriptive case study design on two teenagers who experienced menstrual pain and met the research criteria. Information was collected through interviews, observations, physical assessments, and documentation. The instruments used included the standard operating procedure for giving lemon aromatherapy, observation sheets, and the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) for pain. The intervention was lemon aromatherapy for two days, twice a day, in the morning and afternoon during peak menstrual pain. It was administered using a dry tissue and 3 drops of lemon aromatherapy. In subject 1, the pain scale changed from 6 to 2, while in subject 2, it changed from 6 to 3. Thus, lemon aromatherapy has the potential to be a non-pharmacological complementary intervention to help reduce menstrual pain in teenage girls. However, these findings are still limited to two cases, so research with a larger sample and a stronger design is needed.