Stress Level Associated with Incidence of Dysmenorrhea in Young Girls at SMAN 1 Sidomulyo, Sidomulyo District, South Lampung Regency

Abstract

According to WHO data from 2013, 1,769,425 (90%) women had dysmenorrhea, with 10-15% having severe dysmenorrhea. Dysmenorrhea is extremely common throughout the world. This study aims to determine the relationship between stress and the occurrence of dysmenorrhea in female adolescent at State High School 1 Sidomulyo, Sidomulyo District, South Lampung Regency. This research method employed a correlation analysis cross-sectional approach. This study's population consisted of class XI students. The sampling technique used was probability sampling, and 52 students were selected from a total of 108 students in class XI Science and Social Sciences. This study used a questionnaire with 14 questions about stress and 10 questions about dysmenorrhea. Because the research data is ordinal and ordinal scales, the Spearman rank test was used. The results of the analysis test with the Spearman rank test using a computer program obtained a p value of 0.03 indicating that there is a relationship between stress and the incidence of dysmenorrhea in State High School 1 Sidomulyo class XI adolescent students. The study found the relationship between stress levels and the occurrence of dysmenorrhea in young women at State High School 1 Sidomulyo Sidomulyo District, South Lampung Regency. Young women must seek out accurate information and expand their personal knowledge of dysmenorrhea. To reduce the risk of dysmenorrhea, young women, particularly those with dysmenorrhea, are expected to avoid stress and manage stress better.