Efektivitas Pendidikan Kesehatan tentang Penanganan Mood Swing ketika Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) melalui Media Audiovisual terhadap Tingkat Pengetahuan Siswi di SMPN 1 Gianyar

Abstract

Mood swing is one of the many symptoms that appeared when Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS). Previous studies was found that 88,1% of mood swings before the menstrual phase. Mood swings experienced by adolescents during PMS had an impact on health quality, interfere with concentration, achievement, and activeness during learning activities at school. Previous studies stated that 75% of young women had a moderate knowledge level about PMS, which indicated that young women did not have adequate knowledge especially about PMS. This study aim was to analyze effectiveness of health education on handling mood swing during PMS via audiovisual media on the knowledge level of students. This study applied a pre-experimental design with one-group pre-post test type. A total of 104 respondents aged 13-15 were enrolled in this study at June 2021 by using simple random sampling. The knowledge level was defined as a total score on 19 items quistionnare of knowledge about handling mood swing when PMS. Data were analyzed by using Wilcoxon test. The result showed that p value 0.000 (p value < 0.05). The mean value was 16.65 with the lowest score being 11 and the highest being 19. This showed that health education using audiovisual media is very effective in increasing the knowledge level of students. The knowledge level had three indicators, namely know, understand, and apply. These three indicators was very important in the implementation of health education. This study suggested the need for health education to students, especially regarding PMS.