PEMBERIAN INHALASI AROMATERAPI LEMON TERHADAP MUAL MUNTAH PADA IBU HAMIL TRIMESTER I DI PUSKESMAS MAKKASAU MAKASSAR TAHUN 2019

Abstract

Nausea, vomiting in pregnancy is generally called morning sickness, experienced by about 60-80% of the first pregnant women who often occur at four weeks of pregnancy and disappear at 16 weeks. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of inhalation of lemon aromatherapy on nausea and vomiting in pregnant women at Makkasau Makassar Public Health Center in 2019. This research method was qualitative research with a pre-experimental design approach in the form of one group pretest-posttest design. The sampling technique in this study was purposive sampling with a total sample of 15 people. The bivariate analysis used a paired sample T-test. The results of this study showed that the statistical test results using paired samples T-test show that the value of p = 0,000 with a significance level α = 0.05 so that the value of ρ = 0,000 <0.05 then Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. So p = 0,000 <0.05 indicates that the inhalation of lemon aromatherapy affects the nausea of vomiting in the trimester I pregnant women. This study concludes that the inhalation of lemon aromatherapy can reduce nausea and vomiting in the first trimester of pregnant women. Suggestions from this study are that this study can be applied to pregnant women in reducing nausea and vomiting in the first trimester.