PENGARUH PENYULUHAN TENTANG DISMENOREA TERHADAP TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN GANGGUAN HAID PADA SISWI SMA DI KECAMATAN SEMARANG BARAT

Abstract

Background:Dysmenorrhea is one of the menstrual cycle related disorders which occurs frequently in women, especially in adolescence. The high prevalence of dysmenorrhea makes dysmenorrhea really important to be understood by all women. One way that can be done to improve the understanding about dysmenorrhea is through education such as counseling. Purpose:Knowing the influence of dysmenorrhea counseling against level of knowledge on menstrual disorders of senior high school female students in West of Semarang Sub-district. Method:The research design was a quasi experimental pre test post test on experimental group and test on control group. The subjects in this research were female students of X-XI grade of SMAN 6, SMA Krista Mitra and SMAK Tri Tunggal who fullfilled the inclusion criterias. The samples were divided into experimental group (n=40) and control group (n=40). The experimental group was given dysmenorrhea counseling, whereas in the control group did not. The data obtained from questionnaires filled out by each of the respondents and then analyzed using SPSS with paired t-test and Mann Whitney test. Results:Based on the data analysis, the result using paired t-test showed there was significant level of knowledge difference in the experimental group before and after the grant of the dysmenorrhea counseling (p=0,001). Also obtained, the result using Mann Whitney test showed there was significant level of knowledge difference between experimental group post test and test control group (p=0,000). Conclusion: Dysmenorrhea counseling effect on menstrual disorders level of knowledge of senior high school female students in West of Semarang Subdistrict. Key words:Counseling, level of knowledge, dysmenorrhea