Research article

“A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ORAL INTAKE OF GINGER POWDER ON THE PAIN LEVEL OF DYSMENORRHOEA AMONG THE ADOLESCENT GIRLS”

Miss Sneha Mathew1, DR. Nutan Potdar2*, Mrs. Manda Mulik3

Online First: December 21, 2022


Background:Prevalence of problems faced due to dysmenorrhea among adolescent girls are high in India and worldwide. Herbals used for the treatment of dysmenorrhea have helped in giving relief to some of these symptoms. Ginger is one of the herbal supplements that are used for medicinal purpose since ancient times. Objectives: To assess the pain level of dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls in experimental and control group in pre-test. To assess the pain level of dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls in experimental and control group in post-test. To find an association between pre-test scores of dysmenorrhoea among adolescents with their demographic variables. Materials and methods: A study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of ginger powder on selected symptoms of dysmenorrhea among the adolescent girls residing at selected hostel of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed to be University, Karad, Maharashtra. 60 adolescent girls were selected from the hostel by non-probability purposive sampling technique. Data was collected by using demographicPerforma and questionnaires regarding level of pain of dysmenorrhea. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Result: The result showed that during pre-test, 86.67% had severe pain and 13.33%had moderate pain in experiment group. Similarly, in the control group 83.33% have severe pain and only 16.67% have moderate pain. After the intervention that is administrating the oral intake of ginger powder it was found that in experimental group 90% of the adolescentshad moderate level of pain,6.67% had severe level of pain and 3.33% had mild level of pain. Whereas, in control group no significant change was found. While comparing the pre and post value of both experimental and control group it was depicted that the effect of ginger powder had significant effect on reduction of severity of pain among adolescent girls having dysmenorrhoea. Adding to it only age group was significantly associated with level of pain in experiment group. Conclusion: Oral administration of ginger powder was considered effective on reducing the level of pain of dysmenorrhea in adolescents residing in hostel.

Keywords

Ginger powder, Dysmenorrhoea, Adolescent girls.