The Adolescents’ Characteristics With Anemia in Senior High School Muallimat Yogyakarta

Abstract

Anaemia is a global health problem. Anemia occurs more likely in women and adolescents. This is due to menstruation experienced every month which causes low levels of hemoglobin. Adolescence is a period of growth that requires more nutritional intake. Anemia in adolescent impacts on decreased of body immunity and the reduce of concentration. The purpose of this research is to find out the adolescents' characteristics with anemia in Senior High School Muallimat Yogyakarta. This research is descriptive analytic research with cross sectional approach, a population of 425 students of class X, 40 sample students, and a purposive sampling technique. The results show a description of the characteristics of adolescent in Senior High School Muallimat Yogyakarta which was that the majority of respondents aged 16 years of the 22 respondents (63.0%); the majority of adolescents experienced menarche at age 12 as many as 12 respondents (30.0%); adolescents having menstrual periods 1 time a month that a majority of 35 respondents (87.5%). In addition, long menstrual majority in the normal category is 3-7 days as many as 29 respondents (72.5%). It is expected that adolescents can consume vegetables and fruits containing iron, as well as Fe tablets during menstruation.