FOOT MASSAGE WITH LAVENDER ESSENTIAL OIL IN REDUCING THE PAIN OF POST-SECTIO CAESAREA PATIENTS

Abstract

Background:  One of the efforts to reduce maternal and child morbidity and mortality is to provide quality nursing care before, during and after delivery. The delivery process sometimes cannot run properly and the fetus cannot be born normally, so sectio caesarea is needed. Post sectio caesarea patients will feel pain in the incision area due to the surgical process on the abdominal wall and uterine wall. Post SC pain is caused by the surgical process on the abdominal wall and uterine wall that does not go away in one day with mild to severe pain intensity. Pain usually occurs 12 to 36 hours after surgery, and subsides on the third day. Objective:  The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of giving foot massage therapy using lavender aromatherapy on the intensity of pain in post sectio caesarea mothers. Methods: This research is a quantitative research with Quasy Experiment method with one group pre-test and post-test design. The population in this study were all patients who underwent sectio caesarea surgery from April Until May 2022 with a total of 40 patients with probability sampling technique obtained 36 respondents. The instrument used is the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS). Data analysis using Wilcoxon Test (Signed Rank Test). Results:  The results showed that before the foot massage was performed the average score obtained was 2.50. After doing a foot massage for 20 minutes the average score obtained was 1.81. With a decrease in the pain scale from 1-3 and the p value = 0.000, so that (p<α). Conclusion:  It can be concluded that there is an effect of foot massage therapy using lavender aromatherapy on the pain intensity of post sectio caesarea mothers.