Kombinasi Swedish Massage dan Aromaterapi Lemon untuk Menurunkan Nyeri Post Sectio Caesarea

Artificial delivery with the Sectio Caesarea (SC) procedure can cause pain in the patient. Pain that is left untreated can have a negative impact on both the mother and the baby. Pain management can also use massage or aromatherapy interventions that provide a relaxing effect. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of combined therapy Swedish massage and lemon aromatherapy in reducing post-SC pain. Methods: Quasi-experimental design with two groups pre-post test. This study was conducted at Poso Regional Hospital from October to December 2019. The sample was 32 post-SC patients who experienced pain who were taken using the purposive sampling technique. Swedish massage intervention was carried out 4 times. The pain was measured before intervention and after intervention using the Numeric Rating Scale. Data analysis used the Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney tests. Results: This study showed that the intervention group with combined therapy Swedish massage and lemon aromatherapy showed a significant reduction in pain scores with a mean after the intervention of 3.19 and in the control group with Swedish massage only the mean value was 3.88, statistical analysis obtained p-value 0.031. Conclusion: The combined therapy Swedish massage and lemon aromatherapy is effective in reducing the pain score of post-SC patients, so it is suggested to be one of the nursing interventions to reduce post-SC pain