AROMATERAPI PEPERMINT MENURUNKAN KEJADIAN MUAL DAN MUNTAH PADA PASIEN POST OPERASI
Abstract
Surgery with general anesthesia can cause complication afterward. One of the
complications is nausea and vomiting. Pharmacology and non-pharmacology therapy can
be given to ease nausea and vomiting. Aromatherapy is one of the non-pharmacology
therapies for nausea and vomiting. This study is aimed to determine the duration efective
of aromatherapy on nausea and vomiting of post-surgery patient with general anesthesia.
This is quasi experiment post test-only non equivalent control group. Samples consist of
26 respondents on each group. Bivariate analysis shows significant different on nausea
and vomiting between intervention one, intervention two and control groups, where
nausea and vomiting lower on intervention group (p=0,014). It is suggested that
aromatherapy can be considered as one of complementary therapy to decrease nausea and
vomiting on post-surgery patient.
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