Knowledge And Anemia Prevention Behavior In Medical Laboratory Technology Students In Indonesia

Abstract

Introduction: A disorder known as iron deficiency anaemia occurs when there are fewer red blood cells or when their haemoglobin level is smaller than usual. The ability of the blood to deliver oxygen to the body's tissues is reduced if there are insufficient or defective red blood cells, or if there is just not enough haemoglobin. Riskesdas instances in Indonesia confirmed incidents of teenage anaemia at 32 percent in 2018, meaning that 3-4 out of 10 teenage patients have anaemia. According to B. Bloom, a person's conduct can be divided into three categories: information, emotions, and acts. This study's objective was to ascertain how female students' knowledge and practises for preventing anaemia correlated with one another.

Materials and Methods: This kind of study is quantitative and cross-sectional. 191 students from the Medical Laboratory Technologist programme at the Department of Health Analyst, Poltekkes Kemenkes Semarang, made up the study's sample. Online questionnaires were utilised to collect the data for this study, and the results were then descriptively analysed (univariate analysis). The results did not adhere to the conditions of the test of normality, so a bivariate analysis using the Chi-Square test was then performed. The analysis's findings are provided as a frequency distribution table with accompanying commentary.

Result: The findings revealed that most students in the high ranking scored highly yet exhibited neutral behaviour 83 (43.5%). Using Chi - square test comparison, the statistical test analysis between knowledge and student behaviour revealed that there was no significant correlation between knowledge and anaemia prevention behaviour in female students, with a p-value of 0.562.

Conclusion: Knowledge and student behaviour revealed that there was no significant correlation between knowledge and anaemia prevention behaviour. It's critical to provide continual health education about anaemia to pupils so that they might alter their behaviour and stop students from developing the condition.