British Journal of Nursing Studies ISSN: 2755-080X DOI: 10.32996/bjns Journal Homepage: www.al-kindipublisher.com/index.php/bjns BJNS AL-KINDI CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Copyright: © 2022 the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Published by Al-Kindi Centre for Research and Development, London, United Kingdom. Page | 32 | RESEARCH ARTICLE The Effect of Abdominal Stretching Exercise on the Intensity of Dysmenorrhea in Adolescence Girls at MA Nurut Taqwa Besuki – Situbondo Grido Handoko Sriyono 1 ✉ Nur Hamim 2 and Umi Narsih 3 12 Nurse Prody, STIKes Hafshawaty, Probolinggo, Indonesia 3 Midwife Prody, STIKes Hafshawaty, Probolinggo, Indonesia Corresponding Author: Grido Handoko Sriyono, E-mail: gridoprob@gmail.com | ABSTRACT The period of transition from childhood to adulthood is called adolescence. Adolescent girls experience physical changes, namely, starting to menstruate. Complaints that often arise during menstruation are menstrual pain (dysmenorrhea), which can be reduced by doing abdominal stretching exercises that will stimulate the production of endorphins and give a feeling of calm and resistance to painful feelings, especially menstrual pain (dysmenorrhea). This study aimed to determine the effect of abdominal stretching exercise on the intensity of dysmenorrhea in adolescent girls in Ma Nurut Taqwa Besuki-Situbondo. The research design used was pre-experimental with a one-group pre-posttest approach. The population in this study was 83 respondents, with a sample of 37 respondents using purposive sampling, collecting data by questionnaires, and then processing the data using SPSS using the paired t-test. Wilcoxon test analysis results get a sig value Of 0.000 < 0.05. This proves that giving abdominal stretching exercises affects the intensity of dysmenorrhea in adolescent girls in Ma Nurut taqwa besuki-Situbondo. | KEYWORDS Dysmenorrhea, Abdominal Stretching Exercise | ARTICLE INFORMATION ACCEPTED: 26 November 2022 PUBLISHED: 01 December 2022 DOI: 10.32996/bjns.2022.2.1.3 1. Introduction Adolescence is a period of transition or change from childhood to adulthood. These changes include several changes, both physical and biological changes. Physical changes are the first changes in adolescence, and then biological changes. Biological changes are usually marked by menstruation or menstruation. (Diananda A, 2018; WHO, 2017). The menstrual period is a natural phenomenon that occurs throughout the reproductive phase of every woman. Most women experience pain and pressure during their menstrual period (Kaur et al., 2015). Menstruation occurs due to uterine muscle contractions, and the hormone progesterone decreases while the hormone estrogen muscle contractions uterine, resulting in dysmenorrhea (Rahayu et al., 2017). Dysmenorrhea hurts the quality of life of affected women, such as affecting academic performance and social activities. Therefore menstrual pain or dysmenorrhea must be addressed immediately before it causes other reproductive system disorders. So action must be taken to overcome this, one of which is non-pharmacological action. Actions to deal with menstrual pain non- pharmacologically are safe and easy and do not cause negative impacts. Non-pharmacological actions to reduce dysmenorrhea can be done, such as back massage, warm water compresses on the lower abdomen, light exercise, and abdominal stretching exercises (Priscilla, 2017).