Affiliation:
1. Dept of OBG Nursing, Masood College of Nursing, Mangalore, Karnataka
Abstract
A spectrum of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic measures is used for managing dysmenorrhea. A quasi- experimental comparative pre-test post-test design was adopted to nd effectiveness of pelvic rocking exercise and ginger on dysmenorrhea and the data collection instruments used were structured baseline questionnaire and Verbal multidimensional scoring system (VMDS) and VAS for assessing the severity of dysmenorrhea. Study was carried out among 70 nursing students with 35 students each in exercise and ginger group, selected by simple random sampling technique for 2 menstrual cycles. Among the 70 subjects 17.15%, 62.85% and 20% subjects had severe, moderate and mild dysmenorrhea The nding of the study revealed that there is a signicant more or less similar reduction in dysmenorrhea among nursing students practicing pelvic rocking exercise and consumption of ginger powder. Therefore, such simple remedial measures can be used in day – to day basis in reducing dysmenorrhea.
Subject
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality,Nuclear Energy and Engineering,General Engineering,General Engineering,Nuclear and High Energy Physics,Nuclear and High Energy Physics,General Energy,Mechanical Engineering,Waste Management and Disposal,Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality,General Materials Science,Nuclear Energy and Engineering,Nuclear and High Energy Physics,General Engineering,Nuclear Energy and Engineering,Condensed Matter Physics,Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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