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Omega-3 Fatty Acids Relieve Dysmenorrhea among Female Senior high School Students
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WISNU KUNCOROAJI, IRMIYA RACHMIYANI
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The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship between omega-3 fatty acid consumption and dysmenorrhea in female students of Senior High School. An analytic observational research with cross-sectional design study was conducted on 137 students of senior high school 57 in West Jakarta. The students’ omega-3 fatty intake data were obtained by interviews through semi quantitative-food frequency questionnaire (SQ-FFQ) that was analyzed by Nutrisurvey program. Meanwhile, the data of the occurrences of dysmenorrhea was acquired by interviews of Working ability, Location, Intensity, Days of pain, Dysmenorrhea (WaLIDD) score. The data was analyzed by IBM SPSS Statistics ver. 26 to determine the relationship between dependent variable and independent variable with Chi-Square tests. Out of 137 female students aged 14-18 years old, 43.8% of female students experienced dysmenorrhea, and 50.40% consumed sufficient omega-3 fatty acids. The result of Chi-Square analysis indicates that p<0.001 showed a significant relationship between omega-3 fatty acids consumption and the incidence of dysmenorrhea. There is a significant correlation between consumption of omega-3 fatty acids and dysmenorrhea among students of senior high school.
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Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Female Students, Dysmenorrhea
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.12.04.363
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