Effect of Ginger tea on Dysmenorrhea among nursing students in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

Background: Adolescence is a time of moving from childhood to adulthood maturity. These transitions involve a lot of changes as biological, cognitive, and emotional. However, menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon indicating a woman's capability for procreation. It is often associated with some degree of suffering and embarrassment. As usual, every woman may experiences one or more types of menstrual problems during her lifetime as dysmenorrhoea. It is a medical term of menstrual cramps, caused by uterine contractions. However, the primary one refers to common menstrual cramps, while the secondary results from reproductive organ disorder. Thus, the current study aimed to assess the effect of ginger tea on dysmenorrhoea level; among nursing students. Materials and Methods: Study objectives included compare dysmenorrhoea level among nursing students in the experimental and control group after posttest and find out the association between pre-test dysmenorrhoea levels with selected demographic variables as age, education, family history of dysmenorrhea. A quasi-experimental approach was utilized. A study was conducted in Index Nursing College, MP, and India. The sample included 60 nursing students with dysmenorrhea. They were selected by purposive sampling method, GNM students with dysmenorrhea were considered as a control group, and BSc Nursing students with dysmenorrhea as experimental. The data collection tool has consisted of demographic variables, and McCaffery numerical pain intensity scale to assess dysmenorrhoea level. Results: Independent “t” test was used for testing the significance of the difference between the experimental and control group. Computed t value (t = 5.987, P<0.05) was greater than the table value, “t” = 2.00, concluded that, post-test dysmenorrhea scale of experimental group students was significantly lower than a control group. Chi-square showed no significant association between selected demographic variables as age, course of study/education, and dysmenorrhoea family history for pre-test level. Conclusion: It can be concluded that 3 times ginger tea consumption per day was effective in reducing dysmenorrhea