COMPARATIVE STUDY ON GINGER SUPPLEMENT AND AEROBIC EXERCISE ON PRIMARY DYSMENORRHEA: THE CASE OF DEBRE MARKOS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, AMHARA REGIONAL STATE, ETHIOPIA

Abstract

Primary dysmenorrhoea is a chronic cyclical pelvic pain associated with menstruation in the absence of an identifiable pathological condition. Dysmenorrhea is one of the most common complaints of gynecological problem worldwide among young females. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 12 week ginger supplement and aerobic exercise on primary dysmenorrhea the case of DebreMarkos university students. Forty (40) students were selected from sport science and stastics departments of female students in Debre Markos University. The students who had the history of primary dysmenorrhea were in (19-22) years of age gave positive response for menstrual symptom questionnaires were selected by purposive sampling technique from the total population of 250. The selected subjects were divided into two group’s i.e. aerobic group (20) and ginger supplement group (20). Ginger supplement group of the subjects consume ginger tea five days per week with once a day and aerobic group took aerobic exercise three days a week with in 60 minutes for 12 weeks. Pre and post test were conducted on variables such as VAS, MSQ and BMI. The data collected from subjects were analyzed by SPSS version 20.0 and the comparison of mean value results were carried out by paired sample t-test. The level of significance was p ≤ 0.05%. The finding of the present study showed that MSQ test from pre to post test showed positive significant change for ginger supplement group. Also VAS pre to post test showed significant change (MD,0.900) for aerobic group and (MD,1.600) for ginger supplement group and BMI pre to post test showed (MD,0.725) for aerobic group and (MD, 0.642) for ginger supplement group. The result of the study showed that ginger group was more significant change than aerobic group in menstrual symptom questionnaires. It was concluded that 12 week ginger supplement and aerobic exercise had positive effect on primary dysmenorrhea to reduce pain during menstruation.