PENGARUH PEMBERIAN AROMATERAPI JAHE TERHADAP MUAL MUNTAH (EMESIS) PADA IBU HAMIL DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS SUNGAI DURIAN KABUPATEN KUBU RAYA

Abstract

Background : Nausea vomiting (emesis gravidarum) is a phenomenon experienced by 50% of women early in pregnancy. This is normal, but if left untreated can result in an unbalanced nutritional intake and bad impact on the mother and fetus. The situation can be exacerbated if the mother's condition has experienced Chronic Energy Deficiency (KEK) at the beginning of pregnancy, where 24.89% of 111,973 people are at risk of experiencing KEK. If this situation is not handled properly, it can have dangerous consequences. One of the treatments that can be done is non-pharmacological handling using materials that are around us such as ginger which contains volatile (evaporated oil) which is the basic ingredient of essential oils and aromatherapy candles.. Objectives : To determine the effect of ginger aromatherapy on nausea, vomiting (emesis gravidarum) in pregnant women in the working area of Sungai Durian Public Health Center, Kubu Raya Regency.. Methods : This research is a study using a quasi-experimental method with the design of One Group Pre-Post Test Without Control. In this study, samples taken with the Nonprobability sampling method, the technique used in sampling in this study is purposive sampling. The sample in this study were 19 respondents, the analysis used was the Wilcoxon test. Hasil : There is an effect of Ginger Aromatherapy on nausea, vomiting (emesis) in pregnant women. Based on statistical tests using the Wilcoxon test showed that p value 0.000 <  α = 0,05, didapatkan hasil yang sangat signifikan dimana sebelum diberikan aromaterapi jahe mual muntah (emesis) dengan nilai rata-rata 7,00 (rentang sedang) menjadi nilai rata-rata 5,37 (rentang ringan). Kesimpulan : Ada pengaruh pemberian aromaterapi jahe terhadap penurunan frekuensi mual muntah (emesis) pada ibu hamil di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Sungai Durian Kabupaten Kubu Raya.