HUBUNGAN PERILAKU MINUM TABLET ZAT BESI PADA REMAJA PUTRI DENGAN KADAR HEMOGLOBIN
ABSTRACT: Most of the cases of
anemia in Indonesia are caused by the lack of iron in the body since the iron
existing in the food consumed does not meet the need. The need of the iron of
female teenager is used to replace the lost of the iron during the menstrual
cycle. The purpose of this study was to identify relationship between Fe tablet
drinking behavior in teenagers with the level of hemoglobin. Method: The
research design was quasi eksperiment using one-shot case study research. The
research sample was 19 student at STIKes Patria Husada Blitar at May 24th until
Juni 22nd 2012, its choosed with purposive sampling. The data collected by
observation using checklist. The analisys using spearman rank, with significant
level ≤ 0,05. Result: The result showed that drinking behavior of Fe tablets
were not good with the mild anemia hemoglobin level was 26.3 with p-value of
0.009 was obtained. Discussion: A good drinking behavior of iron tablets will
result in the raise ofhemoglobin levels formed, so that anemia could be
prevented.
Keywords: behavioral , iron
tablets , hemoglobin levels
Penulis: Ery Susanti, Maria
Ulfa
Kode Jurnal: jpkebidanandd140338
