THE EFFECT OF LAVENDER AROMATHERAPY ON PAIN LEVELS IN POST-OPERATIVE PATIENTS CAESAREAN SECTION IN THE MUHAMMAD SANI HOSPITAL 2024

Operational action Caesarean section This can cause pain in the mother and there can be changes in tissue continuity due to surgery. The mother will feel pain when the effects of spinal anesthesia begin to wear off after 6-8 hours post-surgery. Having pain problems can cause problems with lactation. To prevent this, interventions are needed to reduce pain, one of which is using lavender aromatherapy. The aim of this research is to determine the effect of lavender aromatherapy on pain levels in post-operative patients caesarean section in the obstetrics inpatient ward at Muhammad Sani Hospital, Karimun Regency in 2024. The research design uses Quasi Experimental Design with One Group Pretest-Posttest Design. The intervention is given by dripping 3 drops of lavender aromatherapy onto a tissue, then inhaling it at a distance of approximately 10 cm from the nose for 15 minutes and the intervention is given after 8 hours post spinal anesthesia, then carry out the therapy according to the doctor's instructions. The sample in this study consisted of 35 mothers after caesarean section. The results of the study showed the average pain scale in post-operative mothers caesarean section before being given lavender aromatherapy it was 4.97 and after it was 2.6. Analysis results using Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test It is known that there is a difference in the level of pain before and after giving lavender aromatherapy (p value = 0,000).