STATUS ANEMIA KAITANNYA DENGAN SIKLUS MENSTRUASI PADA SISWI SMA TRI SAKTI LUBUK PAKAM

Abstract

Nutritional problems that often help adolescents are multiple nutritional problems, namely excess nutrition such as overweight and malnutrition, deficiency of iron (Fe) which causes anemia. The direct impact of anemia on adolescent girls is easily tired, mental development and learning concentration decrease, the immune system decreases work productivity. Young women who affect growth, organ function and disruption of the function of one of the menstrual cycles.

The aim of the study was to see the relationship between anemia and the menstrual cycle in adolescent girls at Trisakti Lubuk Pakam Private High School. This type of research is observational with a cross sectional research design. In this study, the sample used is the entire population called total sampling with a total of 60 female teenage students and the data collected using the chi-square test.

The results of the study of female students with anemia status were 48.3% and menstrual cycles were abnormal 48.3%. At 5% alpha, it was found that there was no significant relationship between anemia status and the menstrual cycle of Trisakti Lubuk Pakam high school students.

Key words: anemia status; menstrual cycle; high school student