Rahayu, Sumaningsih (2024) The relationship between personal hygiene behavior and incidence of vaginal discharge among seventh and eight-grade students. Project Report. International Journal of Advanced Health Science and Technology.
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Abstract
Adolescence is a transitional period characterized by physical changes. Changes in physical aspects are the most important because they take place quickly, drastically and lead to reproductive organs. A person's understanding, attitude, and behavior related to maintaining personal hygiene, beautifying appearance, increasing self-esteem, and preventing disease together can be referred to as personal hygiene behavior. Vaginal discharge is one of the symptoms and signs of infectious diseases in women. This study aims to determine the relationship between personal hygiene behavior and the incidence of vaginal discharge. Type of observational analytic research with a cross-sectional approach. The population of seventh and eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Ngariboyo was 179 students. The sampling technique used simple random sampling, obtained a sample of 124 students. The independent variable is personal hygiene behavior while the dependent variable is vaginal discharge. Data collection using a questionnaire. The results showed that there were 82 female students who had poor personal hygiene behavior and 94 female students who experienced vaginal discharge. From the results of the analysis using the gamma correlation test, the p value is 0.030 (<0.05). Based on the description above, there is a significant relationship between personal hygiene behavior and the incidence of vaginal discharge at SMPN 1 Ngariboyo. From the results obtained, there are previous studies that did not provide efforts or information from the consequences of the research results. However, in this study, which resulted in many who had poor personal hygiene behavior and experienced vaginal discharge, researchers tried to provide information to female students about how to maintain good hygiene of female organs.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Project Report) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Adolescent; personal hygiene behavior; vaginal discharge |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > Midwifery R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Poltekkes Kemenkes Surabaya > Pusat Penelitan dan Pengabdian Masyarakat > Penelitian |
| Depositing User: | Naila Sankrisza |
| Date Deposited: | 28 May 2026 00:08 |
| Last Modified: | 28 May 2026 02:51 |
| URI: | http://repo.poltekkes-surabaya.ac.id/id/eprint/12129 |
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