PENGARUH STRES TERHADAP DISMENORE PADA MAHASISWI FAKULTAS KEDOKTERAN UNIVERSITAS HKBP NOMMENSEN MEDAN

Abstract

Background: During menstruation, a woman experiences some annoying things, such as changes in emotions and feeling pain in the pelvis and abdomen which is often referred to as dysmenorrhea. Some factors trigger the occurrence of dysmenorrhea such as early manarche, elongated menstruation, smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity and stress. Stress is the human body's response to the stressors it experiences. Stressful conditions alone can cause disruption to the working system in the human body including the endocrine system. Purpose: This study aims to find out the relationship between stress to dysmenorrhea in students of the Faculty of Medicine, HKBP Nommensen University Medan. Method : This study was an analytical study with cross sectional designed. The sample was an active student of the Faculty of Medicine of HKBP Nommensen University Medan a total of 44 people with some criteria of inclusion and exclusion. The data was analized to describe the average stress score and dysmenorrhea of the subject, and used Pearson test method to determine the correlation between stress variables to dysmenorrhea. Result : Moderate correlation between stress to dysmenorrhea and correlation coefficient value r=0.495 (p= 0.000). Conclusion: The higher the stress score, the higher the dismenorrhea score in students of the Faculty of Medicine, HKBP Nommensen University Medan.