KEJADIAN AMENORE SEKUNDER PADA AKSEPTOR SUNTIK DMPA

Abstract

Depo Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (DMPA) is one of the most commonly used types of injectable contraceptives that have side effects of menstrual disorders. The duration of DMPA contraception is thought to be the cause of secondary amenorrhoea. Research Iswandiyah (2015) showed that most (81.8%) who used the injection for more than 1 year experienced amenorrhoea. This study aims to determine the relationship between the use of DMPA contraception against secondary amenorrhea in PMB Wartini Malang. The type of this research is analytic survey with cross sectional design with accidental sampling technique on 30 DMPA acceptors. The satatistic test using chi square test showed that in the old group the use of contraceptive 0-12 months there were 11 respondents who experienced Amenore incidence (36,7%) and in the old group> 12 months, 17 respondents who experienced amenorrhea (56, 7%) with p value = 0.765, indicating no relation between contraceptive use to the occurrence of secondary amenorrhea. Keywords: DMPA Contraceptives, Secondary Amenorrhoea