RELATIONSHIP OF SEXUAL NEED FULFILLMENT TO QUALITY OF LIFE OF CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE PATIENTS IN THE HEMODIALYSIS ROOM OF DUMAI HOSPITAL

Abstract

The intervention for CKD patients is hemodialysis. Hemodialysis is carried out for life so that it will cause side effects, one of which is secondary amenorrhea.Secondary amenorrhea is a woman's failure to get menstruation. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the length of hemodialysis and the incidence of secondary amenorrhea in patients with chronic kidney failure at the Dumai City Hospital. The research design was descriptive correlation with a cross sectional approach. This research was conducted from March to August 2020 at the Dumai City Hospital. The research was conducted in February 2020-August 2020. The total population is 40 respondents with a sample size of 40 people. The sampling technique is total sampling. Data were analyzed using the Kolmogorov Smirnov test with a computerized system. The results showed that the majority of time undergoing hemodialysis > 24 months was 65% and the majority experienced secondary amenorrhea as much as 72.5%. The results of statistical tests showed that there was a relationship between the length of hemodialysis and the incidence of secondary amenorrhea at the Dumai City Hospital (pvalue=0.003). It is hoped that health workers will increase health promotion regarding the effects and effects of the length of time undergoing hemodialysis with the incidence of amenorrhoea.