ABSTRAK


Latar Belakang: Terjadinya menopause dipicu oleh perubahan hormonal (estrogen dan progesterone) dalam tubuh. Secara klinis menopause didiagnosa setelah 12 bulan dari amenorrhoe, dihitung sejak menstruasi terakhir. Usia rata-rata pada saat menopause sekitar usia 51 tahun. Sekitar 40 – 85 % dari semua wanita dalam usia premenopause mempunyai keluhan, baik keluhan fisik maupun psikologis. Berdasarkan data yang diperoleh dari World Health Organization (WHO), pada tahun 1990, total populasi wanita yang mengalami menopause di seluruh dunia mencapai 476 juta orang dan diperkirakan pada tahun 2030 akan mencapai 1,2 milyar orang. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat pengetahuan dan sikap ibu usia peremenopause tentang menopause.
Metode Penelitian: Penelitian survey deskriptif dengan sampel penilitian 90 orang, dengan teknik pengambilan data proportional random sampling. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan kuisioner.
Hasil Penelitian: Dari 90 orang sampel, berdasarkan distribusi frekuensi pengetahuan responden tentang menopause diperoleh hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pengetahuan ibu usia premenopause mengenai menopause yaitu cukup sebanyak 52 responden (57,8%) dan distribusi frekuensi sikap ibu usia premenopause terhadap menopause didapatkan ibu memiliki sikap positif yaitu sebanyak 89 responden (98,9%).
Kesimpulan: Dari hasil penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa pengetahuan ibu usia premenopause mengenai menopause adalah cukup dan sikap ibu usia premenopause terhadap menopause adalah baik.

Kata kunci: pengetahuan, sikap, ibu usia premenopause, menopause.
ABSTRACT


Background: The occurrence of menopause is triggered by hormonal changes (estrogen and progesterone) in the body. Menopause clinically diagnosed after 12 months of Amenorrhoe, calculated from the last menstrual period. Average age at menopause around the age of 51 years. Approximately 40-85% of all women in the age klimaterik have any complaints, both physical and psychological complaints. Based on data obtained from the World Health Organization (WHO), in 1990, the total population of women who experienced menopause in the world reached 476 million in 2030 and is estimated to reach 1.2 billion people. This study aims to determine the level of knowledge and attitudes about menopause mom peremenopause age.
Methods: This study was a descriptive survey with a sample of 90 people penilitian, with proportional random sampling technique of sampling. The data was collected using a questionnaire.
Results: Of 90 samples, based on the frequency distribution of respondents' knowledge about menopause obtained results showed that the mother's knowledge about menopause premenopausal age are quite as many as 52 respondents (57.8%) and the frequency distribution of maternal attitudes toward menopause premenopausal age mom got to have an attitude positive as many as 89 respondents (98.9%).
Conclusion: From this study it can be concluded that the mother's knowledge about menopause premenopausal age is enough premenopausal age and maternal attitudes toward menopause was good.

Keywords: knowledge, attitudes, maternal age premenopausal, menopausal.