Analysis Of Intake Calcium And Iron Substance In The Incident Of Dismenore On Female Adolescent

Abstract

Dysmenorrhea is a pain in the lower part of the stomach that occurs at the time before or during menstruation. Symptoms of dysmenore may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and cramps. In Indonesia, the incidence is estimated at 55% of productive women who suffer from dysmenore, where 15% of them complain of activity becomes limited by dysmenorrhea. This study aims to analyzing calcium and iron source food intake for dysmenorrhea in female adolescent at Citra Bangsa High School. This research is a type of analytic study using the case control method. The independent variable in this study is the intake of calcium and iron sources, and the dependent variable is the incidence of dysmenorrhea in Female Adolescent. The population is female adolescentat Citra Bangsa Senior High School with a total sample of 32 people divided into a sample group of 8 respondents and a control group of 24 respondents involving a case group and a control group 1: 3. Data were collected using food recall 24-hour form to determine intake food sources of calcium and iron consumed by female adolecent. The bivariate analysis used was the Chi-square test with α = 0.05. The result in this study are Most of the age of respondents in the second group depends on the age of late adolescents (17-25 years) and the longer the normal menstruation in the range of 2-7 days. The analysis showed that there was a significant relationship between intake of calcium source food with the incidence of dysmenorrhea (p = 0.022; OR = 26.6) and there was a significant relationship between the intake of food source substances with the incidence of dysmenorrhea (p = 0.022, OR = 14.0). Lack of intake of food sources and substances increases the incidence of dysmenorrhea of female adolecent. The intake of food sources needed every day cannot meet the needs of female adolecent need additional intake of calcium and iron in the form of supplements.