JENIS TERAPI KOMPLEMENTER DAN DISMENORE PADA MAHASISWI

Abstract Dysmenorrhea is still an unresolved public health problem that may negatively impact women's health, social relationships, school or work activities and psychological status. Managing dysmenorrhea can be done with self-care therapies or using complementary therapies to reduce pain with minimal side effects because of the natural ingredients. The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in types of complementary therapy with dysmenorrhea in students of the Faculty of Nursing at the Universitas Klabat. The study employing observational analytic research with a cross sectional approach. The sampling technique was accidental sampling and 223 female students approached to participate. The finding shown that majority of participants 103 (46.2%) experienced moderate pain dysmenorrhea. As for the type of complementary therapy used by female students, it was found that 6 female students (2.7%) used warm compress therapy, 4 female students (1.8%) used relaxation therapy, 2 participants (0.9%) used herbs, 68 (30.5%) used mineral water therapy, 2 (0.9%) did not do any therapy, 141 (63.2%) used combination therapy. Kruskal-Wallis statistical test showed that there was statistically significance difference between the types of complementary therapy and dysmenorrhea in nursing students at the Universitas Klabat with a p value of 0.003 (