PENGARUH PENDIDIKAN KESEHATAN TERHADAP PENGETAHUAN SISWI TENTANG DISMENOREA

Abstract

Menstruation starts in puberty period and usually between 10 to 16 years old, depends on various factors including health and nutritional status. Menstruation is usually accompanied by the existence of menstruation pain in bone (dysmenorrheal). The psychological factors influencing inci- dence of dysmenorrheal are anxiety and stress. Women need explanation about the symptoms of menstruation so they will feel more comfortable since they are already understand the symptoms. The aim of this research was to know the influence of health education through leaflet and without leaflet to female students’ knowledge of dysmenorrheal in SMP Negeri 02 Kayen and MTS As-Syafi’iyah. The research applied pre-test and post-test experimental method with control design. Population of this research was all first-grade-female students of SMP Negeri 02 Kayen Pati and Madrasah Tsanawiyah AS-Syafi’iyah. The respondents of the research were 30 students from each school. Data were analyzed by t-test. The result of the research showed that the knowledge of dysmenorrheal in both groups before health education was sufficient, (2) the knowledgse of dysmenorrheal before health education in group which were given health education through leaflet were good while in group which were given health education without using leaflet were good and enough, and (3) there was an influence of health education to knowledge of dysmenorrheal in first-grade-female students of SMP Negeri 02 Kayen Pati and Madrasah Tsanawiyah AS-Syafi’iyah.