THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CROCATUM PIPER AND ANNONA MURICATA L LEAVES TOWARD LEUKORRHEA IN HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION ACCEPTORS IN THE WORKING AREA OF REGIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCIES OF PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER IN TEMBELANG Zeny Fatmawati, Elly Rustanti
Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Husada Jombang
Abstract
Leukorrhea is one of the early signs of the health problem of internal female reproductive that can impact cervical cancer. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness difference of red betel plus soursop leaves decoction and soursop leaf decoction against leukorrhea in hormonal contraceptive acceptors in the working area of Regional Public Service Agencies of Public Health Center in Tembelang
It is pre-experimental research design with two groups pretest and post test design. The population is all of the hormonal contraceptive acceptors who had leukorrhea in the Regional Public Service Agencies of Public Health Center in Tembelang. The sample is 30 research subjects with vaginal wash treatment using red betel mixed with soursop leaves decoction and 30 research subjects with vaginal wash treatment using soursop leaf decoction. The place of research was at Midwife^s Independent Practice of Niken Kinesti and Husnul Chabibah. The research was carried out on 15 August-15 September 2020. The samples were taken by using purposive sampling technique which the independent variable was vaginal wash treatment using red betel and soursop leaves decoction, and the dependent variable is Leukorrhea. The research instrument used was the observation sheet and the data were analyzed by using the T test
Before the treatment, all subjects had complaints of leukorrhea, after the vaginal wash treatment was carried out by using a mixture of Piper Croratum and Annona Muricata L leaves decoction. There were 23 subjects recovered from leukorrhea and 7 subjects still complained of leukorrhea. In other place, the subject was treated by using soursop leaf (Annona Muricata L) decoction. 21 subject declared cured and 9 subject still have leukorrhea complaints. The T test of the two treatments was statistically significant with Pvalue is 0.001
The decoction of red betel (Piper Croratum) leaf and soursop (Annona Muricata L) leaf is more effective in curing complaints of leukorrhea
Keywords: Effectiveness of Piper Croratum and Annona Muricata L, Leukorrhea
