Education on the Use of Chemical Medicines and Natural Ingredients in Pain Relief Therapy for Students at Sultan Agung 3 Islamic High School in Semarang

Abstract

Sensory and emotional discomfort associated with tissue damage can be referred to as pain. Pain is not a disease, but rather a symptom that can be caused by disease, such as headaches, migraines, muscle pain, toothaches, and menstrual pain (dysmenorrhea). Students' knowledge at Sultan Agung 3 Islamic High School in Semarang about health, especially medicine, is still very limited, even though medicine plays an important role in health services. Therefore, community service is needed to provide education on the use of chemical medicines and natural ingredients in pain relief therapy (analgesics). The stages carried out were administering a pretest questionnaire, distributing leaflets, presenting material, conducting a question and answer session, and administering a posttest questionnaire. Of the 80 students in grade XII at SMA Islam Sultan Agung 3 Semarang, 40 students were willing to participate in the activity. The research design used a one-group pretest-posttest to determine the difference in knowledge before and after education. Statistical comparative analysis used a paired t-test. The results showed a significant increase (p value <0.05). This indicates that education is an effective way to increase knowledge about the use of chemical drugs and natural ingredients in pain therapy.