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eISSN: 2581-9615 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

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Comparison of the effectiveness of giving warm compresses and cold compresses in handling dysmenorrhea: Systematic review

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Melania Safitri, Ratna Dwi Jayanti * and Endyka Erye Frety

Midwifery Study Program, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia
 
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 18(03), 585-590
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.18.3.1096
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.18.3.1096
 
Received on 30 April 2023; revised on 10 June 2023; accepted on 12 June 2023
 
Dysmenorrhea is the onset of pain during menstruation. More than 50% of women of reproductive age in the world experiencing dysmenorrhea. In Indonesia, 54.89% experienced primary dysmenorrhea, 9.36% experienced secondary dysmenorrhea with more than half (64.8%) feeling disturbed and experiencing decreased activity. The method of warm comrpresses and cold compresses are a form of non-pharmacological treatment that aims to reduce the degree of dysmenorrhea. The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of giving warm compresses and cold compresses to the treatment of dysmenorrhea, so a deeper abalysis is neede regarding this matter. This study used a systematic review method on articles obtained from databases that is ScienceDirect, Pubmed, Scopus and Google Scholar. The results of literature selection based on MMAT and inclusion-exclusion characters obtained 5 literatures that matched the topic. 3 of the 5 selected literatures states that giving cold compresses is more effective in reducing the degree of dysmenorrhea pain compared to giving warm compresses. Giving cold compresses is stated to be more effective than giving warm compresses in reducing the degree of dysmenorrhea.
 
Menstrual; Menstruastion; Period; Warm Compresses; Cold Compresses; Dysmenorrhea
 
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Melania Safitri, Ratna Dwi Jayanti and Endyka Erye Frety. Comparison of the effectiveness of giving warm compresses and cold compresses in handling dysmenorrhea: Systematic review. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 18(3), 585-590. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.18.3.1096

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