Volume 3, Nomor 2, Agustus 2022 Hubungan Pengetahuan Dan Sikap Ibu Perimenopause... https://doi.org/10.33490/b.v3i2.668 72 Jurnal Kebidanan Malakbi HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP IBU PERIMENOPAUSE TERHADAP KESIAPAN MENGHADAPI MENOPAUSE Nanda Norisa 1  , Aida Fitriani 2 , Asriah 3 , Novemi 4 1,3 Program Studi D-III Kebidanan Meulaboh, Jurusan Kebidanan Poltekkes Kemenkes Aceh 2 Program Studi D-III Kebidanan Lhokseumawe, Jurusan Kebidanan Poltekkes Kemenkes Aceh 4 Program Studi D-III Kebidanan Banda Aceh, Jurusan Kebidanan Poltekkes Kemenkes Aceh ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history Submitted : 2022-06-15 Revised : 2022-08-29 Accepted : 2022-08-30 Keywords: Knowledge; Attitude; Perimenopause; Menopause Preparedness Along with increasing age, women often face various health problems. Problems that occur can be in the form of physical or psychological changes. One of them is the unpreparedness of women in the face of menopause. The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) in the United States show that menopause is associated with psychological stress, where as many as 28.9% experience stress in the early premenopause, 20.9% in the premenopausal stage, and as many as 22% experiences the postmenopausal stage. This study aims to determine whether there is a relationship between knowledge and attitudes of perimenopausal mothers on readiness to face menopause. This research uses mixed methods, where the research is quantitative and qualitative. Quantitative research is an analytic survey using a cross-sectional approach, while qualitative research by conducting in-depth interviews with the informants. Of the 62 respondents, 29 respondents (46.8%) who have less knowledge, and 24 (38.7%) of them were not ready to face menopause, with statistical test results obtained p-value 0.000 < sig_α=0.05. As much 37 respondents (59.7%) with a negative attitude, 28 respondents (45.2%) of them were not ready to face menopause, with statistical test results obtained p-value 0.000 < sig_α=0.05. There is a significant relationship between knowledge of perimenopausal mothers and readiness to face menopause. There is a significant relationship between the attitudes of perimenopausal mothers and the readiness to face menopause. Kata Kunci: Pengetahuan; Sikap; Perimenopause; Kesiapan menghadapi menopause Seiring dengan peningkatan usia, wanita sering menghadapi berbagai masalah kesehatan. Masalah yang terjadi dapat berupa perubahan fisik maupun psikologis. Salah satunya adalah ketidaksiapan wanita dalam menghadapi menopasuse. Hasil Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) di Amerika Serikat menunjukkan bahwa masa menopause berhubungan dengan tekanan psikologi, dimana sebanyak 28,9% mengalami stres diawal premenopause, 20,9% pada tahap premenopause, dan 22% pada tahap postmenopause. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah ada hubungan pengetahuan dan sikap ibu perimenopause terhadap kesiapan menghadapi menopause. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode mixed methods, yaitu penelitian kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Penelitian kuantitatif bersifat survey analitik dengan menggunakan pendekatan cross sectional, sementara kualitatif dengan melakukan wawancara mendalam kepada informan. Dari 62 responden, 29 responden (46.8%) berpengetahuan kurang 24 (38.7%) diantaranya tidak siap menghadapi menopause, dengan hasil uji statistik p-value 0.000 < sig_α=0,05. Dan 37 responden (59.7%) dengan sikap negatif 28 (45.2%) diantaranya tidak siap menghadapi menopause, dengan hasil uji statistik p-value 0.000 < sig_α=0,05. Ada hubungan yang signifikan antara pengetahuan ibu perimenopause terhadap kesiapan menghadapi menopause. Ada hubungan yang signifikan antara sikap ibu perimenopause terhadap kesiapan menghadapi menopause.  Corresponding Author: Nanda Norisa D-III Kebidanan Meulaboh, Jurusan Kebidanan Poltekkes Kemenkes Aceh Telp. 08116830703 Email: nanda.norisa@poltekkesaceh.ac.id Jurnal Kebidanan Malakbi Volume 3, Nomor 2, Agustus 2022, pp. 72 – 79 ISSN 2720-8842 (Online) Journal homepage: http://jurnal.poltekkesmamuju.ac.id/index.php/b This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA license: