HUBUNGAN ANTARA PEMILIHAN DAN PENYIMPANAN GARAM BERYODIUM DENGAN STATUS YODIUM PADA WANITA USIA SUBUR DI DAERAH ENDEMIK GAKY

Abstract

Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) is one of the serious community health problems. Risk factors of IDD include methods of obtaining and storaging salt that is consumed. Community group which is very vulnerable to impact of IDD is Child-Bearing-Age Women (CBAW). To understand the level of iodine in CBAW, Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) rate can be used. The objective of this research was to find out whether there was relationship between methods of obtaining and storaging iodized salt and iodine status of CBAW in Desa Selo, Kecamatan Selo, Kabupaten Boyolali, Jawa Tengah. This study implemented observational research with crossectional approach. There were 24 participants who were chosen randomly (simple random sampling). The data, consist of: texture of salt, label, number of registration, the place where they buy and storage salt, were collected through questionaire, while iodine level of salt and TSH level were tested by ELISA method. Furthermore, the data were analyzed by Rank Spearman correlation test. The percentations of participants who obtained and stored salt improperly were 91.7% and 83.3%, respectively. The iodine statuses of all participants were normal. Based on statistic test, there was not any significant relationship between methods of obtaining and storaging iodized salt and iodine status of CBAW with p=0.560 and p=0.999, respectively This phenomenon occurred probably due to other factors like selenium (Se), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and vitamin A consumption.