HUBUNGAN ANTARA TERJADINYA BAKTERIAL VAGINOSIS DENGAN PENGGUNAAN KONTRASEPSI HORMONAL

Abstract

Background : Flour albus is something ondinary happens to fertile age women in Indonesia. Flour albus can be physiological and pathological. Patological flour albus is caused by many factors, and bacterial vaginosis (BV) is one of them. BV can be caused by various predisposition factors such as the usage of tight panties, lackness in hygine maintanance of genitalia organ, usage of contraception, and many more. This study will examine the association between incidence of bacterial vaginosis and usage of hormonal contaception. Methods : This study is a correlative analytical research with cross sectional design, involving 51 patients of Mangkang Semarang Community Health Centre aged 20-30 years old and the users of hormonal contraception. Collected data are primary data by obtaining patients’ vaginal swab and examining it using gram stain in Laboratory of Dermatovenerology Kariadi Hospital Semarang. Data were analyzed by chisquare test, with the significanse level of p<0,05. Result of the sudy : Hormonal contraception that is most widely used is contraceptive injection with 66,7%, then oral contraceptive with 25,5% and the last is contraceptive implant with 7,8%. From those data are found p=0.972 that means there is no association between the incidence of bacterial vaginosis and the usage of hormonal contraception. Conclusion : Hormonal contraception that is most used by the patients is contraceptive injection with 66,7%. There is no association between the incidence of bacterial vaginosis and the usage of hormonal contraception. Key words : Bacterial vaginosis, hormonal contraception