HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN DENGAN TINGKATKECEMASAN PADA IBU PREMENOPAUSE USIA (40-50 TAHUN)

Abstract

Premenopause is a physiological condition on women have entered the aging
process characterized by decreased levels of hormonal estrogen from the ovaries
which play a very important role in reproduction and sexuality. When entering
premenopause, women will experience anxiety, one of is in sexual intercourse. The
purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between premenopause and
the level of anxiety on mothers during sexual intercourse in the Batujajar Health
Center, West Bandung Regency. The method used in this study is a correlative analytic survey with a cross sectional design. The population in this study were 216
women in the reproductive period until menopause at the Batujajar Health Center,
West Bandung Regency, while the sample number were 68 respondents using the
Non Probability Sampling technique by means of Accidental Sampling. The results
of the study using the univariate test found that mothers who had good knowledge
were 4 respondents 6%, and those who experienced severe anxiety were 15
respondents with a percentage of 15%. Meanwhile, the bivariate test using the chi
square test was found to have a correlation with the level of anxiety in
premenopausal mothers aged 40-50 with a value of p = 0.000 <ɑ = 0.05. The
conclusion of this study is there is a correlation between knowledge and anxiety
levels in premenopausal mothers aged (40-50 years) at Batujajar health center. The
suggestion of this study hopepully that the Public Health Center increasing the
provision of information or counseling periodically to mothers to increase their
knowledge and for further researchers to examine other factors.