Vasantha, R (2012) Effectiveness of mint leaves paste for reduction of dysmenorrhea among the adolescent girls in govt higher secondary school at Paravai. Masters thesis, College of Nursing, Madurai Medical College, Madurai.
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Abstract
The present study is to identify the effectiveness of mint paste on menstrual pain perception among adolescent girls with dysmenorrhea at selected school in Paravai during the year 2011-12 in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING at College of Nursing, Madurai Medical College, Madurai which is affiliated to THE TAMILNADU Dr.M.G.R. MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI. Objectives : 1. To assess the level of dysmenorrhea before the intervention. 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of mint paste in reducing dysmenorrhea among the adolescent girls. 3. To associate the level of dysmenorrhea with selected demographic variables. Research Approach : Quantitative Approach. Research Design : One group pretest and posttest design. Setting : Govt. Higher secondary school at Paravai. Sample size : 60 Adolescent girls were selected for the study. Sampling Technique : Purposive sampling Conceptual frame work : Modified Ernestine Widenbach’s Helping Art of Clinical Nursing theory (1970) was framed. Outcome measures : Menstrual pain perception level was measured of using numeric pain scale. Intervention : 5g mint paste on 2 days prior to the menstruation and 3 days during the menstruation. Results : Adolescent girls who had mint paste before and after menstruation reported significant reduction on pain perception in post test. P=0.001. Conclusion : The result supported that administration of mint paste are very suitable and practicable therapy of nonpharmacological measure of reduction in pain perception while menstruation. The findings suggest that administration of mint paste can be an effective, less cost intervention for reducing pain and anxiety during dysmenorrhea and recommended its use for self care of dysmenorrhea.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mint Leaves Paste; Reduction of Dysmenorrhea; Adolescent Girls; Paravai |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Dec 2017 07:04 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Dec 2017 07:04 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/4141 |
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