| dc.description.abstract | The incidence, prevalence, morbidity and dysmenorrhea in college
students is still high in many countries, where the risk factors associated with
dysmenorrhea is not only physiological factors but also psychological factors. In
Indonesia there are lack of data on dysmenorrhea and anxiety in medical
students.
Methods: The study design was a cross sectional Suryey (Non-Experimental).
The subjects were taken from medical students UII class of 2011. Subjects who
met the inclusion criteria chosen, ie class of 2011 students enrolled in UII FK
active, regular menstruation within the last 6 months, and are willing to
participate in the study. Exclusion criteria were students who did not fill
completely, the student who has a chronic disease or illness and who require
prolonged treatment ( >3 months) such as tuberculosis and thalassemia. The
samples were made in total sampling. Anxiety was determined using the Eysenck
Inventory Questionnaire and dysmenorrhea is determined by the Visual Analogue
Scale. Data collected and analyzed by contingen coeficiency test.
Results: Data were collected in 2014. Among the 70 questionnaires distributed,
65 were complete data sample, included in the data analysis. The prevalence of
dysmenorrhea in female students as much as 95.4% UII FK and FK prevalence of
anxiety in female students as much as 53.8% UII. In this study, a significant
association between anxiety with dysmenorrhea (p = 0.001, CC = 0.388)
Conclusions: Our study shows that there is significant correlation between
anixiety and dysmenorrhea | en_US |
