Nutritional Status and Age at Menarche on Female Students of Junior High School

Juliyatmi, Rihul Husnul and Handayani, Lina (2015) Nutritional Status and Age at Menarche on Female Students of Junior High School. International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE), 4 (2). pp. 71-75. ISSN 2252-8822

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Abstract

Menarche is the first menstrual period as one of the sign of puberty. There
are many factors may affect the age at menarche such as nutritional status,
genetic, environmental conditions, socioeconomic status, and education. The
purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between nutritional
status and age of menarche on female student of junior high school Ali
Maksum Krapyak, Bantul, Yogyakarta. The research employed a cross
sectional research design. The number of this sample was 81 female students
that determined by total sampling. The statistical test used was Chi Square.
The results of this research showed that there was a relationship between
nutritional status and the age of menarche on female student of junior high
school Ali Maksum Krapyak, Bantul, Yogyakarta (p value = 0.002) and the
ratio prevalence was 3.077 (95% CI = 1.675 – 5.650); it means that
respondents who have abnormal nutritional status get 3.007 times greater
chance of experiencing abnormal menarche than respondents who have
normal nutritional status.

Item Type: Artikel Umum
Keyword: Female student Menarche Menstrual Nutritional status Puberty
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
Divisi / Prodi: Faculty of Public Health (Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat) > S1-Science in Public Health (S1-Kesehatan Masyarakat)
Depositing User: M.Kes.Ph.D Lina Handayani
Date Deposited: 06 Nov 2018 07:00
Last Modified: 21 Nov 2018 05:56
URI: http://eprints.uad.ac.id/id/eprint/11629

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