KEMAS 13 (1) (2017) 59-68 Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat http://journal.unnes.ac.id/nju/index.php/kemas AROMATHERAPY GINGER USE IN PATIENTS WITH NAUSEA & VOMITING ON POST CERVICAL CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY Iis Sriningsih  , Elisa, Kurniati Puji Lestari Nursing Department, Ministry of Health, Polytechnic of Health Semarang Info Artikel Article History: Submitted March 2017 Accepted July 2017 Published July 2017 Keywords: Aromatherapy; Nausea; Vomiting; Cervical Cancer; Chemotherapy. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.15294/ kemas.v13i1.5367 Abstract Chemotherapy is an efective treatment for cancer. However, it causes some side efects which include nausea and vomiting. More than 70% of patients experience nausea and vomiting afer chemotherapy. Te purpose of this study was to determine the efect of ginger aromatherapy in nausea, and vomiting patients on post cervical cancer chemotherapy. We used a pretest-posttest control group design, using purposive sampling of 60 respondents. We used anti-emetics measurement tool according to Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) to assessed patient’s complaints. Te result showed signifcant diference in nausea and vomiting group before and afer given aromatherapy (p = 0.000); nausea score (p = 0.005) and vomiting score (p= 0.013) from intervention and control group. No signifcant diference was observed in nausea (p = 0.279), and vomiting (p = 0.276) on control group. Ginger aromatherapy can be used as alternative medication to reduce post-chemotherapy nausea and vomiting.  Correspondece Address: Jalan Tirto Agung Pedalangan Banyumanik Semarang Email : iissriningsih@yahoo.co.id pISSN 1858-1196 eISSN 2355-3596 Moewardi General Hospital are 5-fuorouracil (5-FU) and cisplatin. Cisplatin is a level 5 chemotherapy medicine with high nausea efect. Te administration of this medicine will not only eliminate cancer cells, but also normal cells. Terefore, it can cause several side efects during, and afer the treatment. Side efects of this therapy are fatigue, nausea, vomit, gastro- intestinal disturbance, aphthous ulcers, hair fall, numbness sensation in hand, and foot digits, color changing skin, and etc. Nausea and vomiting are the most common side efects of chemotherapy with prevalence more than 60% (Susanti, 2012). Te study by Klein and Grifths (Montazeri SA, 2013) showed that nausea and vomiting were the most common side efects of chemotherapy and reported to reach 54-96%. In spite of Introduction Cervical cancer is caused by Human Papiloma Virus (HPV) infection. It has a high mortality rate. According to International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in 2012, cervical cancer is the third most common cancer in women worldwide with 7.9% prevalence and 7.5% mortality rate (Mulyati, 2015). Most cervical cancer patients were diagnosed in late stage of the disease. Te current treatment of this disease is chemotherapy. It uses medicines to eliminate or inhibit the development of cancer cells. Chemotherapy can be administered intravenously to reach cancer cells throughout the body or directly to the particular site of cancer. Chemotherapy is an efective treatment for cancers. Chemotherapy medicines used in dr.