The Correlation between Personal Hygiene Behavior with The Use of Sanitary Pads During Menstruation In Fluor Albus Incidence

Abstract

Vaginal discharge (fluor albus) is an excessive white discharge from the sexual intercourse other than
blood. In Indonesia, as many as 75% of Indonesian women experience vaginal discharge.  Based on
adolescent health screening data from Magetan District in 2020, as many as 63% of young women at
the MA / SMA level experience vaginal discharge. Factors that are likely to influence the incidence of
fluor albus are personal hygiene behavior and the use of sanitary napkins. The purpose of this study was
to determine the relationship between personal hygiene behavior and the use of sanitary napkins to the
incidence of fluor albus in female students at the Al-Jahro Islamic Boarding School in Magetan.
Rancang cross sectional research with teknik total sampling. The sample are 80 female students at
Pondok Pesantren Al-Jahro Magetan with inclusion & exclusion criteria. The research data used
questionnaires with validity and reability test before. The questionnaires including fluor albus, personal
hygiene behaviour and the using of sanitary pads.  The analysis used the chi square test. The results of
the analysis showed a significant relationship between personal hygiene behavior and the use of sanitary
napkins with the incidence of fluor albus in the female students of the Al-Jahro Magetan Islamic
Boarding School (p = 0.000; p = 0.002). To prevent fluor albus incidence we have to taking care of our
personal hygiene especially when it comes to genital hygiene.

Keyword: fluor albus, personal hygiene, sanitary napkins, islamic boarding schools, female students