THE EDUCATION LEVEL OF RELATIONS WITH KNOWLEDGE OF OSTEOPOROSIS IN WOMEN AGED 45-55 YEARS OLD IN THE VILLAGE OF TEMBI, SEWON, BANTUL, YOGYAKARTA

Abstract

In the human life cycle, especially women after birth, a woman's life can be divided into several times, namely infancy, childhood, puberty, reproduction, klimakterium period, and the senium. At any time have specificity, one important condition that happen during menopause is klimakterium. At Klimakterium phase the estrogen levels begin to decline resulting in impaired balance between osteoclasts and osteoblasts that will increase the incidence of osteoporosis. women aged 45-55 years old in the village of Tembi on average do not understand about osteoporosis after questioning to the 10 women aged 45-55 years old in the village of Tembi.Knowing the relationship between level of education to the level of knowledge about osteoporosis in women aged 45-55 years old in the village of Tembi, Sewon, Bantul, Yogyakarta. This research is descriptive analytic cross sectional approach. The research was conducted in women in the village of Tembi, Sewon, Bantul, Yogyakarta. The research was carried out starting from the date of 19 to 25 June 2012. Population of women aged 45-55 years old, with a sample of 64 respondents. Research using questionnaire instruments, as well as data analysis using the Kendall Tau correlation. Kendall Tau analysis showed that variable levels of education and the knowledge level significantly associated with level of knowledge about osteoporosis (p-value = 0.049 <Level of Significant = 0.05). Closeness of the relationship between level of education and level of knowledge about osteoporosis, medium (r = 0.396 (35.9% magnitude relation).There is positive and significant relationship between level of education to the level of knowledge about osteoporosis in women aged 45-55 years old in the village of Tembi, Sewon, Bantul, Yogyakarta, with the degree of association between level of education to the level of knowledge about osteoporosis in the village of Tembi, Sewon, Bantul , Yogyakarta, was medium.

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