Pengaruh Usia, Pendidikan, dan Pengetahuan Terhadap Konsumsi Tablet Tambah Darah pada Ibu Hamil di Puskesmas Maron, Kabupaten Probolinggo

Abstract

Background: Anemia is a major nutritional problem in Indonesian, one of the occurs in pregnant women. Therefore the government issued prevention and control program of iron deficiency anemia through consecutive iron supplementation for at least 90 days during pregnancy.Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the influence of age, education and knowledge of consumption of iron tablets.Methods: This research was conducted in Maron Public Health Center, District of Probolinggo using a cross sectional design. A sample of 40 pregnant women in their last trimester who have received 90 iron tablets was recruited with a simple random sampling technique. The influence of age, education, and knowledge was analyzed using logistic regression test with significance value < 0,05.Results: The results showed that the knowledge of pregnant women affected of consumption of iron tablets (p=0.026), but age (p=0.914), education (p=0.419) did not affected of consumption of iron tablets. Conclusion: The conclusion of this research is that consumption of iron tablets in pregnant women is influenced by knowledge of pregnant women. The lack knowledge of the mother, the lower the level consumption of iron tablets. ABSTRAKLatar Belakang: Anemia merupakan masalah gizi utama di Indonesia, salah satunya terjadi pada ibu hamil. Oleh karena itu pemerintah mengeluarkan program pencegahan dan pengendalian anemia defisiensi besi melalui suplementasi besi berturut-turut selama setidaknya 90 hari selama kehamilan.Tujuan: Tujuan penelitian ini untuk menganalisis pengaruh usia, pendidikan, dan pengetahuan terhadap konsumsi tablet tambah darah.Metode: Penelitian ini dilakukan di Puskesmas Maron, Kabupaten Probolinggo menggunakan desain cross sectional, sampel sebanyak 40 ibu hamil TM III yang mendapatkan 90 tablet besi dengan teknik simple random sampling. Pengaruh usia, pendidikan, dan pengetahuan dianalisis menggunakan uji regresi logistik dengan nilai signifikansi <0,05.Hasil: Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pengetahuan ibu hamil berpengaruh terhadap konsumsi tablet besi (p = 0.026) , tapi usia (p = 0.914), pendidikan (p = 0.419) tidak berpengaruh terhadap konsumsi tablet besi.Kesimpulan: Konsumsi tablet besi pada ibu hamil dipengaruhi oleh pengetahuan ibu hamil. Rendahnya pengetahuan ibu, maka akan tingkat konsumsi tablet tambah darah semakin rendah.