Placentum: Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan dan Aplikasinya
Vol 10, No 3 (2022): Special Issue

Factors Associated with the Occurrence of Vaginal Discharge in Female Students

Erni Ratna Suminar (Midwifery Departement, STIKes Muhammadiyah Cirebon, Jl. Kalitanjung Timur no 14-18 A Cirebon,45143 telp. (0231)490677)
Vianty Mutya Sari (Midwifery Departement, STIKes Muhammadiyah Cirebon, Jl. Kalitanjung Timur no 14-18 A Cirebon,45143 telp. (0231)490677)
Diani Magasida (Midwifery Departement, STIKes Muhammadiyah Cirebon, Jl. Kalitanjung Timur no 14-18 A Cirebon,45143 telp. (0231)490677)
Ati Rohayati Agustiani (Midwifery Departement, STIKes Muhammadiyah Cirebon, Jl. Kalitanjung Timur no 14-18 A Cirebon,45143 telp. (0231)490677)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2022

Abstract

Introduction: A teenager begins to experience psychological changes and developments such as changes in mindset and emotional stability. Teenager is prone to complaints of Vaginal charge. Vaginal charge inurement from the vaginal and it is not blood discharge nor menstrual blood, vaginal charge becomes a Leucorrhoea when the discharge becomes smelly and local itching. The cause of vaginal discharge can be normally influenced by hormones. There are factors influence the incidence of vaginal discharge in adolescents, including knowledge, media information, personal hygiene, viruses, bacteria and parasites and others.Methods: This study uses quantitative research methods with a cross sectional approach with female respondents at SMAN 7 Cirebon City. The population in this study were all female students at SMAN 7 Cirebon City. The sampling technique used total sampling. It is including female students in SMAN 7 Cirebon City with a total of 587 people.Result: The majority of the characteristics of students' knowledge about the occurrence of vaginal discharge with good knowledge were 262 respondents (93.2%), media information on the incidence of vaginal discharge through electronic media were 492 respondents (96.7%) and personal hygiene on the incidence of vaginal discharge by not doing personal hygiene were 394 respondents (98.7%).Discussion: There is a significant relationship between knowledge (p-0.031, information media (p-0.003), and personal hygiene (p-0.000) on the incidence of vaginal discharge in female students of SMAN 7 Cirebon City with p<0.05.

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Abbrev

placentum

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Health Professions Nursing Public Health

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PLACENTUM Jurnal Kesehatan dan Aplikasinya is a health applied journal published by Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta. The journal publishes original research articles or review articles in Maternal and Child Health, Health Promotion, and Epidemiology. Maternal and Child Health: covers a broad ...