This study aims to find out the effect of aromatherapy lavender on labor pain, Labor pain is a manifestation of cervical nerve compression. When there is pain, stress hormones cause the opening of the cervix is inadequate, so that labor can increase in time. The way to deal with labor pain, which is one of them with non-pharmacological methods, aromatherapy lavender is known to contain linalool, the main active ingredient that plays a role in the relaxing effect to reduce pain and anxiety. This research using the quasi-experiment, with a post-test only control group design, with the first group or 15 respondent given lavender aromatherapy while the second group or 15 respondent was not given, the sample in this study were 30 respondents in the first phase of active labor. Labor pain assessment using a Numeric Rating scale. Statistical tests using the Mann Whitney test showed that the P value was 0.002<0.05, so it can be concluded that there was an effect of lavender aromatherapy on labor pain during the first of the active phase at the Afifah Clinic in Bandung Regency.
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