Consumption of isoflavone foods and other factors to premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in High School Students in Bogor

Abstract

This study was aim to analyze the consumption of isoflavone foods and other factors to Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) in high school girl students in Bogor. The specific objectives of this research were: (1) identified the prevalence of PMS; (2) identified the socio-economic condition; (3) analyzed the physical activity level; isoflavone and PMS knowledge, nutritional status, consumption of isoflavone foods; nutritional adequacy level (Ca, vitamin B6, vitamin A, and vitamin C) and stress level, (4) analyzed correlation of socio-economic condition with the consumption of isoflavone foods; (5) analyzed correlations of physical activity level, isoflavone and PMS knowledge, nutritional status, consumption of isoflavone foods, nutritional adequacy level (Ca, vitamin B6, vitamin A, and vitamin C) , and stres level to PMS; (6) analyzed the risk factors of PMS Design of this study was a cross sectional study. The selection of places and respondents were purposively on girl students in two high schools. Respondents were 15-16 years old, had experienced menstruation, can be measured for weight and height, as well as willing and able to be interviewed. The data collected consisted of primary data and secondary data. Primary data include individual and socio-economic characteristics,physical activity level, isoflavone and PMS knowledge, nutritional status, consumption of isoflavone foods, nutritional adequacy level of Ca, vitamin B6, vitamin A, and vitamin C, stress level, and PMS. The secondary data were taken about profile of the school and the student names. Data were analyzed using the SPSS for windows (version 16.0). The correlation between variables were analyzed with Spearmans and risk factors of PMS were examined with logistic regression. The study showed that the majority of respondents had PMS where most of the complaints were severe. Most respondents had light activity (84.0%) with the average of activity level is 1.47. Most of respondents had isoflavone and PMS knowledge in moderate category and almost all respondents had nutritional status in normal category. Isoflavone foods consumed most often by respondents were tofu and tempeh with an average intake of isoflavones from various types of food consumed was 19.16 ± 5.7 mg/day, but the majority still had isoflavone adequacy level below average. It is also known that Ca, vitamin B6, vitamin A, and vitamin C intake were also low and the majority had adequate level below the averages of all respondents. In this study, majority of respondents had stress leel in moderate category. Spearman correlation test showed that stress level was positively associated with PMS but that stress level did not seem to be a risk factor of PMS