Background Dysmenorrhea is a common gynecological symptom reported in adolescent girls. Prevalence of the condition has been reported to be 45 - 75%. Absenteeism from work and school as a result of dysmenorrhea is common (13 - 51% of women have been absent at least once, and 5 - 14% are often absent due to the severity of symptoms).Objective To compare school performance in pubertal adolescent girls with and without dysmenorrhea.Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in June 2010 in adolescent females aged 12 - 18 years from the Musthafawiyah School, Mandailing Natal district, North Sumatera. Adolescent females with and without dysmenorrhea were recruited for this study. All participants completed questionnaires including age of menarche, length of menstrual cycle, length of bleeding, number of sanitary napkins used daily and school absences. School reports from two consecutive semesters in one year were used to evaluate subjects’ academic performance. An academic score of higher than 7.5 was considered good performance while scores of less than 7.5 were considered poor. We used the chi-square test to analyze differences in school performance between girls with and without dysmenorrhea.Results One hundred and sixteen participants were divided into 2 groups, those with and without dysmenorrhea, of 58 subjects each. We found no significant difference in school performance between the two groups, P=0.176 (95% CI -0.009 to -0.048 and P=0.08 (95%CI -0.052 to 0.024).Conclusion There was no significant difference in school performance of girls with and without dysmenorrhea.
Pada bulan Oktober 1983 yang lalu dalam suatu kunjungan ke Maluku telah dikunjungi pula pulau-pulau Ternate. Pulau ini telah dikenal sejak beberapa abad yang lalu karena di pulau ini pernah terdapat sebuah kerajaan yang bernama Kerajaan Ternate. Kerajaan ini didirikan kira-kira pada abad ke-13 dan mengalami keruntuhan pada abad ke-20. Raja Ternate yang pertama adalah Cico alias Mashur Malamo, sedangkan sultan yang terakhir bernama lskandar Muhammad Jabir Syah. Selama kerajaan tersebut berdiri terdapat 20 orang raja dan 26 Sultan yang pernah memerintah.
Tulisan ini didasarkan atas hasil survei Antropologi Museum ke Nias Selatan pada tahun 1980. Pada waktu itu penulis bersama-sama dengan Drs. Sulaiman Yusuf, Dra. Suwati Kartiwa, Drs. M. Yamin Data, dan Drs. I Made Seraya melakukan survei Antropologi di Nias Selatan selama satu setengah bulan. Survei ini dipimpin dan dibimbing oleh Prof. Dr. A. A. Gerbrands. Kami ditempatkan di lima desa yang ada di Nias Selatan dan Tengah.
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