THE EFFECT OF EXTRACT GINGER DRINK ON REDUCING SEVERITY OF PRIMARY DYSMENORRHEA OF PRIVATE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KUPANG 2014David WongkarABSTRACT

Dysmenorrhea is one of the most common gynecological problem suffered by women several years after menarche. Increasing levels of prostaglandin in prior the first day of menstruation are considered as the responsible factor for the onset of dysmenorrhea. The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of 10gr extract ginger drink to reduce of SMA NICPS and SMA Giovanni Kupang students' primary dysmenorrhea. The subjects of this research were 30 people choosen by simple random sampling method. This was a pre-experimental research. Instruments used in this research to value the degree of pain was Numeric Rating Scale (NRS). The data was analyzed by Wilcoxon test. The result of this research showed that p-value = 0.004 (p-value