Renuhadevi, R (2014) A Study to evaluate the effectiveness of ginger tea in reducing primary dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls in selected Government Higher Secondary Schools at Theni. Masters thesis, Annai Meenakshi College of Nursing, Coimbatore.
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Dysmenorrhoea is a common problem among girls in the reproductive age. Primary dysmenorrhoea refers to severe lower abdomen pain which is associated with nausea, vomiting, headache. It is a condition which every girls faces in their life and it can have many associated effects which may disrupt the quality of life. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the level of primary dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls in experimental and control group. 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of ginger tea in reducing primary dysmenorrhea among adolescent girls in experimental group. 3. To find out the association between the level of primary dysmenorrhea among adolescent girls with their selected demographic variables in experimental and control group. SUBJECT & METHOD: The study was conducted in Government Higher Secondary School at Lakshmipuram and Saruthuppatty. The research design adopted was true experimental pre test and post test control group design. Simple random technique was adopted to select the desired sample. The sample size was 60 (30 in the experimental group and 30 in the control group) 200ml of ginger tea was given at four times per day for 3 consecutive days. Standardized visual analogue scale was used to assess the level of primary dysmenorrhea. RESULTS: The collected data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The mean post-test score of experimental group was lesser than the mean post test score of control group. The calculated mean difference was 3.3. The obtained ‘t’ value, 21.39 was significant at p< 0.05 level. It is inferred that ginger tea was effective in reducing primary dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls. CONCLUSION: The main conclusion drawn from this present study was after administration of ginger tea there was a significant decrease in the level of primary dysmenorrhoea. Hence it was concluded that ginger tea was effective in reducing primary dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Effectiveness ; Ginger tea ; Primary Dysmenorrhea and Adolescent girls. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Community Health Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jul 2017 00:47 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Dec 2018 09:14 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/1026 |
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