Factors Related to Age of Menopause in Elderly Mothers in Cimanggis Community Health Center Depok

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10.2991/ahsr.k.200612.052How to use a DOI?

Keywords

age of menopause, smoking history

Abstract

Women who face menopause are included in the risk group because in this group there is a drastic change in physical, psychological, and socio-cultural. The age of menopause between a woman and another woman is not the same and depends on the factors that influence it. Menopause at an earlier age will increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, stroke, and osteoporosis. The purpose of this study is discusses the relationship between age of menarche, parity, last childbirth, history of contraception use, occupational history, nutritional status and history of smoking with age of menopause in elderly mother in Cimanggis Community Health Center Depok 2018. This study use survey method with cross sectional approach. The study was conducted in May 2018. The population in this study were all elderly mothers (≥ 60 years) with sample amounted to 113 elderly mothers taken by cluster sampling. Data were collected through direct interviews with respondents using questionnaires and observations. Data is processed using computer and data analysis is done using multiple logistic regression. The result showed that there was a significant correlation between smoking history with age of menopause p value 0,001, OR = 6,80 (95% CI, 2,18-21,21). It is recommended to avoid smoking, the content in cigarettes can accelerate the occurrence of menopause. The occurrence of menopause at an earlier age will be more at risk of health problems in women.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nurmalia Ermi
AU  - Sudijanto Kamso
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/06/19
TI  - Factors Related to Age of Menopause in Elderly Mothers in Cimanggis Community Health Center Depok
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Sriwijaya International Conference of Public Health (SICPH 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 371
EP  - 375
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200612.052
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200612.052
ID  - Ermi2020
ER  -