Body Mass Index and Warm Compress Are Associated with Severity of Dysmenorrhea in Jakarta Private High Schools

Body Mass Index and Warm Compress Are Associated with Severity of Dysmenorrhea in Jakarta Private High Schools

Characteristics of Dysmenorrhea, Non-Pharmacological Pain Management, Severity of Dysmenorrhea

Dysmenorrhea is pain during menstruation that can disturb teenager's daily activities, such as
studying and social activities. Dysmenorrhea has a negative impact on the quality of life. Dysmenorrhea occurs
in many women, especially at school age. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between
characteristics and non-pharmacological pain management with the severity of dysmenorrhea among female
student at Yadika 2 Jakarta high school. This study used quantitative method, descriptive correlational design and
cross sectional approach. The sample was 140 female students with a total sampling technique. This analysis was
done by Chi Square found there is a colleration beteween characteristics menstrual cycle (pvalue=0.041), BMI
(pvalue=0.001), and non-pharmacological pain management warm compress (pvalue=0.014) with the severity of
dysmenorrhea. Adolescents are expected to be able to maintain a balanced nutritional diet to keep a normal BMI, and non-pharmacological treatment with warm compress can be an alternative to overcome dysmenorrhea..

Sri Rezeki Handayani Sinurat, Regina Vidya Trias Novita

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Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta

2022

Sri Wahyuni

p-ISSN: 1979-2697
e-ISSN: 2721-1797

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