Pengaruh Pendidikan Kesehatan Menggunakan Booklet Terhadap Pengetahuan Dan Gejala Kecemasan Wanita Premenopause

Background: Menopause is cessation menstrual cycle phase naturally on every
woman and can cause concern because at the time of menopause woman will
experience symptoms, both physical symptoms and psychological symptoms. In
Indonesia, severe anxiety symptoms during perimenopause by 35.5%. Health
education one way of providing information to premenopausal women as an
attempt to help premenopausal women to understand, comprehend changes that
will probably happen to him when experiencing menopause. Understanding
menopause is well expected to reduce anxiety menopause.
Objective: To determine the effect of health education using the booklet to the
knowledge and reduction of anxiety symptoms premenopausal women.
Method: The research design is pre-experimental one-group pretest-posttest
design. Research subjects premenopausal women age 40 to 55 years. The selection
of random samples using the technique of multistage sample. Sample size of 100
respondents based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Collecting data using
questionnaires. Data is processed using a computer program. Wilcoxon test and
pair sample t-test was used for statistical analysis with a significance level of 0.05
and a confidence interval of 95%.
Result: There are differences in knowledge scores between before compared to
after and the difference was statistically significant p <0.005. A decline in anxiety
scores after health education compared with before, statistically significant decline.
Conclusion: Health education using booklet influence significantly increase
knowledge and reduce symptoms of anxiety premenopausal women in Minggir
Primary Health Care.