Gambaran Tingkat Pengetahuan Remaja Tentang Infeksi Menular Seksual di SMA N 1 Tampaksiring

Abstract

Background: nowadays many teenagers are participating in promiscuity such as premarital sex, this can cause sexually transmitted infections, for example gonorrhea, HIV/AIDS and syphilis. In the period from January 2016 to December 2016 in Gianyar district there were 273 patients suffering from sexually transmitted infections. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the level of knowledge of adolescents about sexually transmitted infections at SMAN 1 Tampaksiring. Methods: This study uses a descriptive method with a survey approach. The sampling technique in this study was simple random sampling. The population of this study were teenagers at SMAN 1 Tamapaksiring with a total sample of 213 students. The research instrument used was a questionnaire, namely a questionnaire about the level of knowledge about STIs. In this questionnaire the researcher used closed questions using 2 answer choices namely "True" and "False" which consisted of 30 questions. There are 18 positive questions and 12 negative questions. The data was then processed using SPSS with a univariate test. Results: The results of the study from 231 respondents, namely the level of knowledge of adolescents about sexually transmitted infections, were mostly in the sufficient category, namely 115 respondents (54.0%). Based on age, it was known that the majority of respondents were 17 years old, 115 respondents (54.0%), based on class, it was known that the majority of class XI MIPA were 86 respondents (40.4%), based on gender, it was known that the majority were female, 130 respondents (61.9%), and based on information sources, most of the information sources were obtained at school as many as 131 respondents (61.5%). Conclusion: The level of knowledge of adolescents about sexually transmitted infections is in the sufficient category.