The Effectiveness of Health Promotion Through Dysmenorrhea Exercise on YouTube on Knowledge and Attitudes of Adolescent Girls

Abstract

Menstruation is one of the most common symptoms of puberty in women. Dysmenorrhea is a condition that occurs during menstruation. Dysmenorrhea can be divided into two types, namely primary dysmenorrhoea and secondary dysmenorrhoea. If dysmenorrhoea is left untreated, daily activities will be disrupted, and children will find it difficult to concentrate on their studies, resulting in lower academic performance. The purpose of this study is to understand the effectiveness of health with Dysmenorrhea exercises through YouTube on the knowledge and attitudes of adolescent girls. This study is a quantitative study with a Quasy Expreiment Pretest-Posttest design with control group design. The sample in this study were 38 students of class VII junior high school, using random sampling technique, then analysed using the Wilcoxon test. The results of the average analysis after the intervention obtained an increase in the average knowledge and attitude of the YouTube media intervention group greater than the control group using tiktok media, namely knowledge of the intervention group 8.97 control group 8.81 attitude of the intervention group 36.63 control group 36.63. The results of this study indicate that YouTube media is more effective than the TikTok group with knowledge and attitude p value = 0.000. It is anticipated that this study will be used to promote health by disseminating information about menstrual dysmenorrhea and improving people's knowledge and skills.