The Correlation between Knowledge and Attitude in Overcoming Dysmenorrhea in Female Students at SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Gamping

Abstract

Dysmenorrhea is lower abdominal pain that extends to the waist, lower back and thighs of every adolescent girl who will enter the menstrual period. Menstrual pain or dysmenorrhea is often experienced by women, especially in reproductive age. This study aims to determine the correlation between knowledge and attitude in overcoming dysmenorrhea in SMP (Junior High School) Muhammadiyah 2 Gamping students. The variables in this study were the independent variable of knowledge and the dependent variable of attitude, the type of research using descriptive analytic with a cross sectional study approach, with a population of 53 respondents, with a total sampling technique, the research instrument using a questionnaire, data processing using editing, coding, data entry, tabulating and cleaning, using the Chi Square statistical test. The results of this study showed that knowledge about dysmenorrhea was categorized as good, 13 respondents with a percentage of 24.5% and attitude in overcoming dysmenorrhea was categorized as positive, 38 respondents with a percentage of 71.7%. Based on the results of the Chi Square Statistical Test for the relationship between student knowledge and attitudes in overcoming dysmenorrhea, it showed that the significance / p value was 0.000, meaning that the value was lower than the significance standard of 0.05. Thus, there is a correlation between student knowledge and attitudes in overcoming dysmenorrhea