Electronic Theses and Dissertation

Populasi perempuan menopause akan mencapai angka 1,2 miliar jiwa pada tahun 2030. Menopause terjadi karena adanya penuaan ovarium yang menyebabkan berhentinya produksi hormon estrogen dan progesteron. Defisiensi hormon ini akan memunculkan gejala jangka pendek dan jangka panjang yang dapat berdampak pada fisik dan psikis. Gejala menopause dapat dinilai keparahannya dengan menggunakan Menopause Rating Scale. Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk mengetahui perbandingan keluhan menopause perempuan perimenopause dan pascamenopause. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan pada bulan Desember 2022. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian komparatif dengan rancangan cross sectional. Populasi dari penelitian ini adalah perempuan perimenopause dan pascamenopause di Kecamatan Kuta Alam. Sampel diambil dengan teknik purposive sampling dan diperoleh jumlah sampel sebanyak 90 responden. Data dianalisis menggunakan uji Mann-Whitney U. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat terdapat perbedaan antara keluhan menopause yang dialami oleh perimenopause dan pascamenopause, keluhan lebih berat ditemukan pada pascamenopause (p = 0,04). Keluhan subskala somatis dan subskala psikologis dialami lebih banyak dan lebih parah oleh perimenopause. Keluhan subskala urogenital dialami lebih banyak dan lebih parah oleh pascamenopause.

Kata Kunci: Perimenopause, Pascamenopause, Menopause Rating Scale

The population of menopause women will reach 1.2 billion by 2030. Menopause occurs due to the aging of the ovaries which causes the production of the hormones estrogen and progesterone to stop. Deficiency of this hormone will bring up short-term and long-term symptoms that can have an impact on the physical and psychological. The severity of menopausal symptoms can be assessed using Menopause Rating Scale. The aim of this study was to compare menopausal complaints of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. This research was conducted in December 2022. This type of research is a comparative research with a cross sectional design. The population of this study were perimenopausal and postmenopausal women in Kuta Alam District. Samples were taken by purposive sampling technique and obtained a total sample of 90 respondents. Data were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test. The results showed that there was a difference between menopausal complaints experienced by perimenopausal and postmenopausal, and more severe complaints were found in postmenopausal (p = 0.04). Complaints on somatic and psychological subscales are experienced more frequently and more severe in perimenopausal. Complaints on the urogenital subscale are experienced more frequently and are more severe in postmenopausal. Keywords: Perimenopausal, Postmenopausal, Menopause Rating Scale