Menstrual pain is acommon problem experienced by many teenagers during menstruation. This pain can disturb them in doing their daily activities, thus it must be handled appropriately, for instance by applying warm compress. This scientific report aimed to find out whether warm compress therapy could reduce menstrual pain. This research was a case study where tow teenagers experiencing menstrual pain were treated as participants. A Numeric Rating Scale was used as an instrument to measure and gather the data. The intervention given to the participants was the application of warm compress for 10 minutes given once a day for two days. The result showed that before the intervention was given, the pain scale was 5 in case I and 4 in case II. After the intervention was given, the pain scale was 1 in case I and 0 in case II. Therefore, it can be concluded that warm compress could reduce menstrual pain experienced bt teenagers. Thus, health workers are expected to be able to apply and teach warm compress therapy to teenagers who experience menstrual pain.Keywords: warm compresses, menstrual pain, adolescents AbstrakNyeri menstruasi adalah salah satu masalah ketidaknyamanan yang banyak dikeluhkan remaja saat menstruasi. Nyeri ini dapat menganggu kegiatan sehari-hari remaja salah satunya belajar, sehingga harus ditangani dengan tepat seperti halnya dengan tindakan kompres hangat. Karya tulis ilmiah ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui adanya penurunan nyeri setelah dilakukan terapi kompres hangat. Metode yang digunakan yaitu studi kasus pada dua remaja yang mengalami nyeri menstruasi. Instrumen penerapan berupa lembar observasi pengukuran nyeri menggunakan Numerice Rating Scale. Intervensi dengan menerapkan kompres hangat selama 10 menit diberikan sekali dalam sehari selama dua hari. Hasil menunjukkan sebelum penerapan, skala nyeri 5 pada kasus I dan 4 pada kasus II. Setelah dilakukan penerapan skala nyeri turun menjadi 1 pada kasus I dan 0 pada kasus II. Kesimpulannya adalah kompres hangat dapat menurunkan nyeri menstruasi yang dialami remaja. Saran bagi tenaga kesehatan, diharapkan dapat menerapkan maupun mengajarkan terapi kompres hangat pada remaja yang mengalami nyeri menstruasi.Kata kunci: Kompres hangat; Nyeri Menstruasi; Remaja
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