An experimental study to assess the effectiveness of mint leaves paste on dysmenorrhea among nursing students at sgrd college of nursing, vallah, amritsar, Punjab

Adolescence in girls has been recognized as a special period which signifies the transition from girlhood to womanhood. One of the major physiological changes that take place in the adolescent girls is the onset of menarche, which is often associated with dysmenorrhea. Dysmenorrhea is the term for painful menstruation. Keeping this in view the present study is aimed to assess the effectiveness of mint leaves paste on dysmenorrhea among nursing students A quantitative research approach and pre experimental one group pre-test post-test design was used and the research setting was Sri Guru Ram Das College of Nursing, Vallah, Sri Amritsar. Total 60 nursing students were selected with Simple Random Sampling Technique. Numeric Pain Rating Scale was used to assess the effectiveness of mint leaves paste on dysmenorrhea. The study revealed that majority 55% of nursing students had severe pain during dysmenorrhea in Pre-test whereas majority 57% of nursing students had mild pain during dysmenorrhea in Post-test. Results depicted that pre-test mean dysmenorrhea score of nursing students was 6.3±2.04 and post-test mean dysmenorrhea score of nursing students was 2.68±1.71. This difference in the mean scores was statistically significant at p<0.001 level. The study concluded that, there was a decrease in level of pain during dysmenorrhea after administration of mint leave paste.