Perawat memiliki peranan yang penting mengatasi konstipasi pada pasien stroke selama perawatan di rumah sakit. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perbedaan masase abdomen dengan masase abdomen dan minum air putih hangat pada pasien stroke yang mengalami konstipasi terhadap proses defekasi di kota Medan. Penelitian Quasi eksperimen dengan dua kelompok intervensi dan satu kelompok kontrol menggunakan pendekatan purposive sampling dengan total 47 responden, masing-masing 14 responden kelompok masase abdomen, 16 responden kelompok masase abdomen dan minum air putih hangat dan 17 responden intervensi standar. Proses defekasi diobservasi setiap hari selama tujuh hari. Proses defekasi pada ketiga kelompok dilihat dari waktu terjadinya defekasi signifikan antara kelompok intervensi I dan II dengan nilai p=0,015 dan dilihat dari frekuensi defekasi signifikan antara kelompok intervensi II dan kelompok kontrol dengan nilai p=0,000.

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Nurses had an important role to overcome constipation of stroke patient during the treatment in hospital. This study was aimed to find out the difference of abdominal massage and abdominal massage with dringking warm plain water to defecation process of stroke patient in Medan. This quasi experimental study used two intervention groups and one group as a control, this purposive sampling approach had 47 respondents, they were 14 respondents in the abdominal massage intervention group, 16 respondents in the abdominal massage with dringking warm plain water intervention group and 17 respondents in standard intervention group. Defecation process was observed everyday for seven days. Defecation process of the three groups were analyzed from the time of significant defecation between the first and the second intervention group (p=0,015), and the time of significant defecation between the second intervention and control group (p=0,00).