Gambaran Pengetahuan Ibu Mengenai Nyeri Perut pada Anak di Kompleks Perumahan Pusat Penelitian Kelapa Sawit Medan pada Tahun 2010

Abstract

Abdominal pain is the sensationof pain that is felt around the chest and inguinal region. Abdominal pain is not a diagnosis, but symptom of a disease. Mothers are the right sample to carry out the research, because mother is a person who always takes care, teaches, as well as looks after her child/children each time they need help. This research carried out in the neighborhood of PPKS Medan. The neighborhood was a suitable location because there were many mothers with different level of knowledge. The design of the research was descriptive survey research. Subjects of the research were 54 housewives who lived in the neighborhood of PPKS Medan. Subjects that were fulfill the criteria and agree to join the research after being informed the aim of the research. Questionnaires are given to the respondent to be answered. Further, the research data was analysed with descriptive analyze of SPSS 17,0 program. The aim of this research is to know mothers’ knowledge level about the description of abdominal pain which is often happened child/children. As well as factors that contribute the difference of mothers’ knowledge level. This research found mothers’ knowledge level were majorly average about abdominal pain in child/children, which contain 46 respondents (85,2%). Mothers with good knowledge level were 8 respondents (14,8%) and there was no respondent which has bad knowledge level. Many factors contributed mothers’ knowledge level, which were education, age, job, and number of children. From the result of the research, we concluded that most mothers in the neighborhood of PPKS Medan had average knowledge level about abdominal pain in the child/children. This condition was possibly caused by many respondents were not to care about the symptoms of abdominal pain and though that abdominal pain was a usual matter. Therefore, medical counselling should be carried out more often in this neighborhood so the community knowledge level, especially mothers, more improves.