The Relationships between Body Mass Index, Psychological Stress, Physical Activity, and Oligomenorrhea in Adolescents at Yasinat Islamic Boarding School, Surabaya

[摘要] Background: Oligomenorrhea is one of the most common types of menstrual cycle disorders. Cases have increased in recent decades. Women with oligomenorrhea have menstrual intervals of more than 35 days and less than 90 days. Oligomenorrhea is common in adolescents, particularly 75% of women in late adolescence suffer from oligomenorrhea. The study aims to analyze the effect of BMI, psychological stress, and physical activity on the incidence of oligomenorrhea in young women in Yasinat Islamic Boarding School.Methods and Subjects: This study used an analytical observational research design with a cross-sectional approach. The study sample was adolescents aged 17-19 years with a total of 82 students at Yasinat Islamic Boarding School. The dependent variable was oligomenorrhea. Independent variables were BMI, stress psychology, and physical activity. The research instrument was a questionnaire distributed offline. The study data were analyzed using the Chi-Square test.Results: BMI <18.5 kg/m225 kg/m2 or 24.4% experienced a rare cycle (oligomenorrhea), 3.7% of subjects with light activity experienced oligomenorrhea, while subjects with physical activity of more than 40% experienced oligomenorrhea, 21.7 % of subjects with the normal category experienced oligomenorrhea, 27.8% mild stress, 47.1% moderate stress experienced oligomenorrhea. This study showed that BMI had a significant effect on oligomenorrhea (p= 0.006). Psychological stress (p= 0.227) and physical activity (p= 0.224) showed no significant influence on oligomenorrhea.Conclusion: There is a relationship between BMI and oligomenorrhea incidence so it is necessary to evaluate the adolescent weight, however, there is no relationship between psychological stress, physical activity, and oligomenorrhea incidence in Yasinat Islamic Boarding School.

[学科分类] 食品科学和技术

[关键词] physical activity;BMI;oligomenorrhea;psychological stress.