PENGARUH MINUMAN KUNYIT TERHADAP PENURUNAN TINGKAT NYERI MENSTRUASI PADA REMAJA PUTRI KELAS 1 DI PONDOK PESANTREN NURUL YAQIN PAKANDANGAN KECAMATAN 6 LINGKUNG KABUPATEN PADANG PARIAMAN TAHUN 2014

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Menstrual pain or dismenorhea was a characteristic pain that occurs before or menstruation. Dysmenorrhea interfere with at least 60-85% in the teenage years, which resulted in many absences at school. So that menstrual pain is a major cause of absenteeism in adolescent girls. Preliminary surveys were conducted on 10 young girls, got 2 mild pain, 5 moderate pain, and 3 severe pain. This study aims to determine the influence of drink turmeric on reducing menstrual pain levels in adolescent girls boarding school in grade 1 Nurul Yaqin Ringan-ringan Pakandangan . This research was conducted on date 1 to 19 July 2014.This research used a design Pre-Experimental Designs with One Group Pretest approach posttest. The population in this research were all teenage daughter at boarding school in grade 1 Nurul Yaqin Pakandangan Light-Light District of Padang Pariaman District 6 Lingkung Year 2014 sample in this research amounted to 10 respondents. Take the sample done to purposive sampling.Results of univariate analysis before being given a drink turmeric is half experienced moderate pain, less than half experienced pain and heavy sweating, bivariate analysis results after being given drinks turmeric mostly mild pain and the pain is less than half of the spring. The results of the bivariate analysis obtained p-value 0.000 which shows Ha received, which means a significant difference before and after being given drinks turmeric (P ≤ 0.05). The conclusion of this research, a significant difference in the reduction in menstrual pain in young women after being given drinks turmeric. Further research is expected to increase the number of respondents, attention to psychological factors that can affect the effectiveness of turmeric drinks and the need for monitoring and implementation of the exact timing.