Abstract
Acne Vulgaris is a skin disease caused by inflammation in the pilosebaseus follicle Abstract: Acne Vulgaris is a skin disease caused by inflammation in the pilosebaseus follicle and this is the most common disease in adolescents within aged 15 to 18. The aesthetic patients usually complained about Acne Vulgaris. There are many factors that can make Acne Vulgaris such as ages, ras, hereditary, unbalance of hormonal, stress, food, cosmetic, types of skin, lackage of knowledge and attitude of adolescents. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the level of knowledge and attitudes of adolescents at Muhammadiyah 02 Medan High School with the incidence of Acne Vulgaris. This research used descriptive analytic method with cross-sectional design. The subjects in this study were students from Muhammadiyah 02 Medan High School. The technique in this study was using simple random sampling and data analysis was using the chi square test. Retrieving data through filling in questionnaires. Test about the level of knowledge of the students of Muhammadiyah 02 Medan High School about Acne vulgaris majority is categorized as sufficient (48.4%) and the results of attitude tests on Acne vulgaris were mostly categorized as good (66.7%). knowledge and attitude with the incidence of Acne vulgaris obtained p -0.877 (p> 0.05) and p 0.000 (p <0.05) There was no relationship between the level of knowledge with the incidence of Acne vulgaris, but there was relationship between attitude with the incidence of Acne vulgaris. Keywords : acne, teenagers, knowledge, attitude and this is the most common disease in adolescents within aged 15 to 18. The aesthetic patients usually complained about Acne Vulgaris. There are many factors that can make Acne Vulgaris such as ages, ras, hereditary, unbalance of hormonal, stress, food, cosmetic, types of skin, lackage of knowledge and attitude of adolescents. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the level of knowledge and attitudes of adolescents at Muhammadiyah 02 Medan High School with the incidence of Acne Vulgaris. This research used descriptive analytic method with cross-sectional design. The subjects in this study were students from Muhammadiyah 02 Medan High School. The technique in this study was using simple random sampling and data analysis was using the chi square test. Retrieving data through filling in questionnaires. Test about the level of knowledge of the students of Muhammadiyah 02 Medan High School about Acne vulgaris majority is categorized as sufficient (48.4%) and the results of attitude tests on Acne vulgaris were mostly categorized as good (66.7%). knowledge and attitude with the incidence of Acne vulgaris obtained p -0.877 (p> 0.05) and p 0.000 (p <0.05) There was no relationship between the level of knowledge with the incidence of Acne vulgaris, but there was relationship between attitude with the incidence of Acne vulgaris. Keywords : acne, teenagers, knowledge, attitude
Highlights
PENDAHULUAN Acne vulgaris merupakan penyakit kulit yang disebabkan oleh inflamasi pada folikel polisebaseus dengan gambaran klinis polimorfik berupa komedo, papul, pustul, nodul, dan kista pada daerah predileksi yaitu wajah, bahu, leher, dada, punggung, dan lengan atas serta bisa menimbulkan sikatriks atau jaringan parut.[1]
a skin disease caused by inflammation in the pilosebaseus follicle
The aesthetic patients usually complained about Acne Vulgaris
Summary
Tabel 1 menunjukan bahwa responden terbanyak berusia 17 tahun dengan jumlah 36 orang (38,7%)dan paling sedikit berusia 18 tahun sebanyak 5 orang (5,4%). Dari 93 responden, sebanyak 63 orang (67,7%) dengan Acne vulgaris. Mayoritas responden yang mengalami Acne vulgaris berada pada usia 17 tahun sebanyak 26 orang (41,3%), diikuti oleh usia 16 tahun sebanyak 20 orang (31,7%), usia 15 tahun sebanyak 8 orang (12,7%), usia 18 tahun 5 orang (7,9%), dan usia 14 tahun 4 orang (6,4%) seperti pada tabel 2. Mayoritas tingkat pengetahuan siswa-siswi SMA Muhammadiyah 02 Medan berada pada kategori cukup, yaitu 45 orang (48,4%) dan kemudian diikuti dengan tingkat pengetahuan baik 35 orang (37,6%) dan tingkat pengetahuan kurang 13 orang (14%) seperti pada tabel 4
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