Abstract

ALONG WITH THE INCREASE OF AGE, AT A TIME OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT WILL
BE STALLED. SUCH CHANGES USUALLY OCCUR IN THE AGING PROCESS, BECAUSE IN
THIS PROCESS MANY PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGES. THE CHANGES ARE
MOST COMMON IN WOMEN BECAUSE OF THE AGING PROCESS PHASES WHICH
OCCURRED A MENOPAUSE. MENOPAUSE IS A NATURAL THING TO EVERY WOMAN, BUT
IT IS STILL A SCARY THING FOR SOME WOMEN BECAUSE HE WAS ALREADY OLD AND NO
LONGER USEFUL. THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE
RELATIONSHIP OF AGE OF MENARCHE TO MENOPAUSE IN PUSKESMAS KUSUMA
BANGSA PEKALONGAN. THE STUDY DESIGN WAS DESCRIPTIVE ANALYTIC DESIGN WITH
CROSS SECTIONAL APPROACH. THE POPULATION OF THIS RESEARCH IS THE MOTHER
PRALANSIA MANY AS 3316 PEOPLE, WHILE THE SAMPLE USING PROPORTIONAL
RANDOM SAMPLING AS MUCH AS 98 SAMPLES. DATA COLLECTION TOOLS BY USING A
QUESTIONNAIRE. DATA WERE ANALYZED USING PEARSON PRODUCT MOMENT. THE
RESULT SHOWED THAT MOST CATEGORIES OF MOTHERS MENOPAUSE AT THE AGE OF
53 YEARS. PEARSON PRODUCT MOMENT OF THE TEST BETWEEN THE AGE OF
MENARCHE TO MENOPAUSE OBTAINED SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION BETWEEN THE AGE
OF MENARCHE TO MENOPAUSE AGE (P VALUE = 0.000 <0.05 AND CONTINGENCY
COEFFICIENT OF 0.420). ADVICE FOR HEALTH WORKERS, ESPECIALLY MIDWIVES ARE
EXPECTED TO PROVIDE COUNSELING SERVICES, INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND
COMMUNICATION (IEC) ABOUT MENOPAUSE SO THAT MOTHERS PRALANSIA BETTER
PREPARED TO FACE THE MENOPAUSE.