Factors Associated with the Incidence of Anemia in Girls at SMPN 17 Tangerang in 2022

Abstract

Background

The problem of anemia still exists today, although there have been many treatments for adolescent anemia. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors associated with the incidence of anemia in adolescent girls at SMPN 17 Tangerang in 2022.

Methods

This study uses a cross sectional design. The sample is 150 students with Quota Sampling. Collecting data using a questionnaire and direct measurements on hemoglobin levels, weight, and height. The instruments used were filling forms for hemoglobin levels, weight, height and questionnaires for the variables of knowledge, mother's education, parents' income, menstrual patterns, eating patterns, and consumption of blood-added tablets (TTD). The analysis in this study is univariate and bivariate (Chi-Square).

Results

The results of univariate analysis showed anemia (40%), poor knowledge (56.0%), high maternal education (74.7%), high parental income (59.3%), abnormal menstrual pattern (61.3% ), poor diet (73.3%), normal nutritional status (70.7%), consumption of Blood Supplementary Tablets (TTD) was not good (97.3%). The results of the bivariate analysis obtained 4 variables related to the incidence of anemia in adolescent girls at SMPN 17 Tangerang, namely the variables of knowledge, mother's education, parents' income, diet. However, there were unrelated ones, namely menstrual patterns, nutritional status, consumption of blood-added tablets.

Conclusion

Anemia in adolescent girls as many as 60 respondents (40%). Variables related to the incidence of anemia were knowledge, mother's education, parents' income, eating patterns and those that were not related to menstrual patterns, nutritional status, consumption of blood-added tablets.