Effectiveness of Young Coconut Water And carrots Juice Against the Scale of Dysmenorrhea on The Teenage Princess

Candra Wahyuni · Journal of Global Research in Public Health · 2023 June 28

Objective

To find out the difference in the effectiveness of giving young coconut water and carrot juice against the scale of dysmenorrhea in teenage girls.

Conclusions

The findings of this study showed that giving young coconut water (p-value 0,000) was more effective in decreasing dysmenorrhea in teenage girls compared to giving carrot juice. (p-value 0,008).

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Insights

Young coconut water has been found to be more effective than carrot juice in reducing the severity of dysmenorrhea in teenage girls.

In this experimental study, research was conducted using a pre-experimental research design with a two group comparison pre-test and post-test. The research population was compiled of teenage girls from a school in the City of Kediri. The investigators selected a sample of 32 respondents using purposive sampling methods, and utilized observation sheets and pain scale measurements from the Femoralis Rectus Sheath as their primary data collection tools. The results of the study highlighted a significant difference in the effectiveness of the two tested interventions, young coconut water and carrot juice, for the alleviation of dysmenorrhea symptoms. In this comparison, it was found that young coconut water showed higher effectiveness in reducing the pain severity in teenage girls than carrot juice.