Abstract
To investigate the effect of cure tape and aromatherapy massage versus cure tape on primary dysmenorrhea. A randomized controlled trial performed on the female students along with the base line demographic data with quantitative study. Forty young (42) college going female student's participants, were selected from many collages in Prince Sattam Univresity, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. They were suffering from severe menstrual pain. The baseline data, pain and quality of life before and after the intervention. The participants were divide into 2 groups I: the intervention done for group I was Cure tape and aromatherapy massage and for the group II, only Cure tape was applied. Both groups were assessed for menstrual pain and quality of Life pre and post intervention. The experimental group I showed a highly significant decreased in primary dsymenohrric pain symptoms and improved in the quality of life enjoyment and satisfaction in young college going female students changing in P(0.001), however, there is a slight significant change in group II regarding pain and quality of life when compared to the controlled group P(0.05). There was a significance difference between post mean values of both groups. Cure taping along with the aromatherapy massage when applied during primary dysmenhorria is an effective alternative therapy in reducing the pain during primary dysmenorrhea in young college going female students.