Dysmenorrhea is pain in the lower abdomen during the menstrual cycle. Pain usually comes before menstruation, during menstruation, until the end of the menstrual cycle. The pain that is felt makes women unable to move. One of the effect of dysmenorrhea is decrease concentration, there is no motivation to go to college, cannot present optimally. The management of dysmenorrhea is done non-pharmacologically by consuming green coconut water. The aim of this research is to determine the effect of green coconut water on dysmenorrhea in adolescents in the Muhammadiyah Palembang IKesT Dormitory. Research Methods: This research was a pre-experimental study using a two group pretest posttest design with a quantitative approach. The instrument used the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS). The sampling technique was purposive sampling on students of the Muhammadiyah Palembang IKesT Dormitory with a total sample of 26 intervention groups and 26 control groups. Data processing using independent and dependent t test. The result of the intervention group were the pain scale before giving green coconut water was 5.62 and after 1 with a p value of 0.006. The pain scale before being given was 5.38 and after 3.78 with a p value of 0.001. Conclusion: There was a difference in pain in the control and intervention groups after being given green coconut water
Background: Menstrual pain is a common problem in women of reproductive age.menstrual pain begings a few hours before or at the time of menstrual bleeding and lasts for 2-3 days. The pain is most intense during the first 24-36 hours of menstruation.pharmacological and non-pharmacological therepy is a way that can be done to eliminate and reduce menstrual pain. One of the non-pharmacological metods is to do abdominal stretching exercise. Objective: To determine the effect of abdominal stretching exercise on reducing menstrual pain scale in adolescents. Methods: This research design uses quantitative research, namely pre-experimental that is usingthe type of one group prettest design. The population in this study were 222 ikrst mp students and 31 students who met the inclusion criteria. The measurement of the menstrual pain scale in this study used the Nuumeric Rating Scale (NRS). Results: There was an effect of Abdominal Streching Exercise on the reduction of menstrual pain in adolescents seen from the P value with a value of 0.000 which means that the value is <0.05. Conclusion: There is an affect of abdominal stretching exercise on the reduction of mentrusal pain in adolescents. Keywords: Abdominal Streching Exercise, Menstrual pain, Adolescents
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