Background:Dysmenorrhea is a common gynecological condition with painful menstrual cramps of uterine origin. There are two categories of dysmenorrhea primary and secondary dysmenorrhea. Primary dysmenorrhea refers to menstrual pain without any pelvic pathology. These symptoms have underlying cause of elevated endometrial prostaglandins and their metabolites [1]. A dysmenorrhea prevalence of 33.5% among adolescent girls in India was reported by Nag [5]. George and Bhaduri found dysmenorrhea to be a common problem in India with prevalence of 87.7% [6]. Objectives: To Assess the Prevalence of dysmenorrhea among adolescent girls(12­14 years).To assess the risk factors of dysmenorrhea among adolescent girls. To Associate the prevalence and risk factors of dysmenorrhea among adolescent girls with their demographic variables. Methods:A descriptive study involving 100 adolescent girls were self administeredquestionnaire. Data were collected by using non­ probability purposive sampling technique. It included data regarding socio­demographic characteristics and questions pertaining to menstrual practices and checklist related to risk factors of dysmenorrhea. Results: Out of 100 adolescent girls, it were seen that 36 per cent adolescent girls had moderate prevalence of dysmenorrhea , 69 per cent adolescent girls had medium risk factors of dysmenorrhea. Conclusion: The present study revealed that, a majority of adolescent girls were posed to risk factors of dysmenorrhea and hence it can be concluded that, there should be need to provide awareness and education regarding risk factors of dysmenorrhea to adolescent girls.

Keywords: Assess; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Dysmenorrhea; Adolescent Girls.