KARAKTERISTIK DAN TINGKAT STRES SISWI DENGAN KEJADIAN DISMENORE PRIMER DI SMP N 3 SRAGI PEKALONGAN

Abstract

Dysmenorrhea is a physical disorder in woman who  complained during
menstruation, with charateristics of pain before and during menstruation.
Dysmenorrhea occurs due to physical distruption such as narrowing of blood
vessels, decreased body  condition, and dysmenorrhea caused by psychological
disorder such as stress and shock. The Purpose of this study to determine the
relationship between the characteristics and stress levels of female students with
the incidence of primary dysmenorrhea in state Junior High School 3
SragiPekalongan,  used analytic survey with cross sectional approach, conducted
on  March 24 until 24 Mei, sampling technique used is total sampling, and the total
number of  samples are  61 respondents. There was no correlation between age
characteristic, menarche age and the inciden of primary dysmenorrhea. This
happens because the majority of respondents are 14 years old and the majority of  
menarche age is 12 years old, while the affecting age is 15-25. There is relation
between stress level of  student with primary dysmenorrhea incidence in state
Junior High School 3 SragiPekalongan, with value of Pvalue=0,006 (P>0.05).  It
occurs  because many experience moderate stress was 89 %, caused the  work of
endocrine system is disrupted by the increases of the hormone adrenalin which
causes the uterine muscle  tense and causes menstrual pain, then increases the
hormone estrogen causes contraction of the uterus. Recommendation from the
research for further researcher developed by qualitative metodh with deep
interview about factors influencing stress incident at dysmenorrhea.  
Keywords : Dysmenorrhea, Characteristics, Stress