ABSTRAK
Latar belakang: Dismenorea merupakan salah satu gangguan menstruasi. Di
Indonesia, angka kejadian dismenorea sebesar 55%. Remaja putri yang tidak
mempunyai pengetahuan baik mengenai dismenorea tidak akan mampu mencegah
dismenorea dengan sikap positif. Akibatnya dismenorea dapat menjadi masalah
yang mengganggu aktivitas.
Tujuan: Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan tentang
dismenorea dengan sikap pencegahan dismenorea pada siswi SMK Negeri 1
Sukoharjo.
Metode: Penelitian menggunakan desain observasional analitik dengan rancangan
cross sectional. Teknik sampling yang digunakan proporsional random sampling
dengan jumlah sampel 184 siswi. Instrumentasi penelitian menggunakan
kuesioner. Analisis data menggunakan uji statistik kendall’s tau.
Hasil: 87 siswi (47,3%) mempunyai pengetahuan cukup tentang dismenorea dan
95 siswi (51,6%) mempunyai sikap negatif mencegah dismenorea. Hasil analisis
kendall’s tau yaitu p = 0,000 dengan r = 0,302.
Simpulan: Ada hubungan yang bermakna antara pengetahuan tentang dismenorea
dengan sikap pencegahan dismenorea pada siswi SMK Negeri 1 Sukoharjo,
maknanya adalah semakin tinggi pengetahuan tentang dismenorea semakin tinggi
pula sikap pencegahan dismenorea.
Kata kunci: Pengetahuan, Sikap, dan Dismenorea
ABSTRACT
Background: Dismenorrhea is one of the menstrual disorders. In Indonesia the
incidence rate of dismenorrhea was 55%. Female teenagers who do not have
knowledge on dismenorrhea will not be able to prevent with dismenorrhea with a
positive attitude. A result, dismenorrhea is potential to interfere their activities.
Objective: The objective of this research is to investigate the corellation between
the knowledge on dismenorrhea and the attitude to prevention with dismenorrhea
of the students of Vocational High School 1 of Sukoharjo.
Method: This research used the observational analytical research method with the
cross sectional design. The samples of the research were taken by using the
proportional random sampling technique. They consisted of 184 students. The
data of the research were gathered through quisioner. They were then analyzed by
using the statistical test of kendall’s tau.
Result: 87 students (47,3%) have adequate knowledge on dismenorrhea and 95
students (51,6%) have a negative attitude to prevent with dismenorrhea. Kendall’s
tau statistic result is p = 0,000 with that of r = 0,302.
Conclution: There is a significant corellation between the knowledge on
dismenorrhea and the attitude to prevention with dismenorrhea of the students of
Vocational High School 1 of Sukoharjo, meaning that the higher the knowledge
on dismenorrhea is, the higher the attitude to prevention with it.
Key word: Knowledge, Attitude, and Dismenorrhea
