Effectiveness of Aromatherapy Upon Premenstrual Syndrome among B.Sc. Nursing Students

India is one of the fastest growing youth populations in this world, with an estimation of 200 million young adults, in that 75% of them experience some problem associated with premenstrual discomforts. Alternative and complementary medicine interventions have evidence in reducing the level of premenstrual syndrome. A quasi experimental study to assess the effectiveness of aromatherapy upon premenstrual syndrome among B.Sc Nursing students at selected colleges,Chennai. Research methodology:: Quasi experimental research was conducted among 80 B.Sc Nursing students who were selected using Total enumerative sampling technique.Tools such as background characteristics proforma, clinical variable proforma,standardized rating scale on premenstrual syndrome and rating scale on level of satisfaction of aromatherapy were used.Results: There was a significant difference in Mean and standard deviation level of premenstrual syndrome before (M=27.6&SD=5.3,M=28.8&SD=5.2) and after (M=27.5&SD=5.3,M=9.1&SD=6.6) administration of aromatherapy in control and experimental group of B.Sc Nursing students with t value of 14 at p<0.001 .Conclusion: The above findings showed that the effectiveness of aromatherapy upon premenstrual syndrome.