THE EFFECT OF LEMON AROMATHERAPY IN RELIEVING MENSTRUAL PAIN (DYSMENORRHEA) AMONG FEMALE STUDENTS IN GRADE XI AT SMAN1 NATAR, SOUTH LAMPUNG, IN 2025

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Menstrual pain is a painful condition such as abdominal cramps caused by excessive uterine contractions, which occurs during menstruation and is one of the causes of pelvic pain or menstrual pain. The main cause is an increase or imbalance of endometrial prostaglandins during menstruation. The purpose of this study was to determine the intensity of menstrual pain (dysmenorrhea) in adolescent girls before and after receiving lemon aromatherapy to alleviate menstrual pain (dysmenorrhea). Additionally, the study aimed to assess the effect of lemon aromatherapy in alleviating menstrual pain (dysmenorrhea) among female students in Grade XI at SMAN 1 Natar, South Lampung.This study used a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental design and a one-group pretest-posttest design, with a sample population of 30 female adolescents. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling, and data analysis employed univariate and bivariate tests using the Shapiro-Wilk test and the Paired Samples t-Test. The intensity of dysmenorrhea pain in female adolescents before receiving lemon aromatherapy was (7.17) and after receiving it was (4.40). From the results of the normality test, a significant value > 0.05 was obtained, indicating that the research data is normally distributed. After conducting the Paired Samples T Test, the statistical test results showed a significance value (two-tailed) = 0.001, indicating a significant effect on the intensity of dysmenorrhea pain before and after the application of lemon aromatherapy intervention on female students in grade XI at SMAN 1 Natar, South Lampung. This study can serve as informational material for readers and contribute to knowledge regarding the effects of lemon aromatherapy in alleviating menstrual pain (dysmenorrhea).
Keywords : Dysmenorrhea Pain, Lemon Aromatherapy, Pain Intensity