Prevalence of Menstrual Disorder and Associated Factors of at High School in Pulo Gadung Subdistrict of East Jakarta

Menstrual disorder is common among women, with the highest prevalence found in late adolescence. If left untreated, menstrual disorder could affect the quality of life and daily activities. Currently, there are not many publication regarding this issue in Indonesia. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of menstrual disorder of high school students and factors asso- ciated with it. A cross sectional study was carried out on 57 adolescent females at High School "X" in Pulo Gadung Subdistrict of East Jakarta. Data were collected using guided questionnaire. The subjects were between 15-19 years old, mostly (43.9%) in 12 th grade. Almost all (98.2%) of the subjects began menstruation at the age 11-14 years old. Most (66.7%) of the subjects had normal nutritional status. More than half (54.4%) of the subjects were physically active. The majority (63.2%) of the subjects experience menstrual disorder, with symptoms related to men- struation as the most common (91.7%), followed by disorder of menstrual period (25.0%), and disorder of menstrual cycle (5.0%). We found no subject with disorder of menstrual volume. Among symptoms related to menstruation, premenstrual syndrome was the most common (75.8%). There were significant associations between age, grade, and physical activity with menstrual disorder. There was no significant association between age of first menstruation and nutritional status with menstrual disorder.