Medicinus : Jurnal Kedokteran
Vol 9, No 3 (2021): October 2021-January 2022

The Relationship between High Fiber Diet and Severity of Premenstrual Syndrome Symptoms in Medical Students of Pelita Harapan University

Ignatius Kelvin (Faculty of Medicine, Pelita Harapan University)
Dwi Savitri Rivami (Faculty of Medicine, Pelita Harapan University)



Article Info

Publish Date
17 Apr 2022

Abstract

Introduction: 47.8% of women worldwide experience symptoms of premenstrual syndrome and 20% of women experience symptoms that are severe enough to interfere with daily activities. This occurs during the last 14 days of the menstrual cycle or luteal phase, and it is caused by hormonal fluctuations.Aim: This study is going to be conducted to determine the relationship between a high fiber diet and the severity of premenstrual syndrome in adolescents.Method: This study used a comparative analytic categorical study with two unpaired categories with a cross-sectional study design. The research sample is female students at the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Pelita Harapan who met the inclusion criteria of at least 74 samples by judgmental sampling. Data were collected using a questionnaire in the form of a Premenstrual Symptom Scale, Estimated Food Record and Perceived Stress Scale with the chi-square method, and data analysis using SPSS 24.0. Results: There were 85 samples that matched the inclusion and exclusion criteria of this study. The majority of the sample came from the 2018 class (64.7%), 20 years old (61.2%), experiencing moderate stress (61.2%), and having a normal body mass index (72.9%). The researcher found a p-value of 0.309 (p> 0.05), which means that there is no significant relationship between a high-fiber diet and the severity of premenstrual syndrome symptoms.

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Medicinus : Jurnal Kedokteran

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Medicine & Pharmacology Public Health

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Medicinus: Jurnal Kedokteran is an official journal of the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Pelita Harapan launched in the year 2007. Medicinus is a peer-reviewed and open-access journal that covers basic, translational, or clinical aspects of health and medical science. Medicinus accepts original ...