HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN TERHADAP SIKAP REMAJA DALAM MENANGGULANGI PREMENSTRUASI SYNDROME DI PRODI D-III KEBIDANAN STIKES PMC TAHUN 2017

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Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a collection of symptoms that usually from one week
before menstruation, and disappear when menstruation comes, although it may continue
until menstruation stops. Based on a preliminary survey conducted found that students
who know about premenstrual syndrome, namely 40%, and who do not know about
premenstrual syndrome that is 60% that did in the D3rd Prodi Midwifery STIKes PMC.
Attitudes to reduce and mitigate the occurrence of premenstrual syndrome is needed. To
reduce the incidence of premenstrual syndrome, each individual must be able to cope with
how to manage your diet. If breast pain and headaches can rest and exercise. This
research uses analytic design with cross sectional approach that aims to determine the
attitude of youth in overcoming premenstrual syndrome. The research was carried out on
students Prodi D3rd Midwifery STIKes Pekanbaru Medical Center totaling 113
respondents through questionnaires. This research method using a proportional stratified
random sampling. From the results of this study concluded that as many as 85% of
students knowledge about premenstrual syndrome included in the category of less, and as
much as 53.1% of students in tackling attitudes premenstrual syndrome include enough
categories. Relationship of knowledge to the youth attitude in tackling significant
premenstrual syndrome (ρ> 0.05), Results of this study can be recommended for further
research, are expected to be able to search for other factors related about premenstrual
syndrome.
Keywords: Knowledge, Attitudes, Adolescent, premenstrual syndrome