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COMPARISON OF LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PREVENTION AND

HANDLING OF WHITE (Flour Albus) BETWEEN STUDENTS OF


NURSING PRODUCTS WITH FORCE PRIVATE VOCATIONAL
SCHOOL 2016 INDONESIAN MUSLIM UNIVERSITY

Evi Sriwahyuni1, Anna Sari Dewi2, Andi Tenri Sanna A3


1. Students of General Medical Education Study Program, Faculty of Medicine
2. Faculty Lecturers, Obsession and Genicology Section
3. Faculty Lecturer, Ear Nose Throat Section Head Neck Surgery
Indonesian Muslim University

ABSTRACT

Background : Leucorrhoea or in medical terms is called fluor albus (fluorine = thick


liquid, albus = white) or leukorhoe in general is the discharge of a thick liquid from the
vagina that can feel itchy, hot or sore, sometimes smell or even feel nothing. According
to the 2015 World Health Organization (WHO) study, about 75% of women in the world
will experience vaginal discharge at least once in their lifetime, and as many as 45%
will experience twice or more, while European women who experience vaginal
discharge by 25%. In Indonesia, the number of women who experience vaginal
discharge is very large, 75% of Indonesian women have experienced vaginal discharge
at least once in their lives. Because of the lack of adolescent knowledge about
leucorrhoea both in terms of knowledge about prevention or about treatment carried
out when experiencing vaginal discharge, so did my background to conduct this
research.
Methodes : Analysis using the Mann Whitney Test.
Results : The level of knowledge of nursing and midwifery study students related to
vaginal discharge (Flour albus) is good. There is no difference in the level of knowledge
about prevention of vaginal discharge between students of nursing study programs and
midwifery study program students with the same average score of 6.15. There is no
difference in the level of knowledge regarding the handling of vaginal discharge
between students of nursing study programs and midwifery study students with an
average score that is not much different, namely 4.09 and 4.42 respectively, with 0.33
which does not provide a significant difference.
Conclusion : From this study, it was found that there was no difference in the level of
knowledge between students of the nursing study program and midwifery study
program (Flour albus) class of 2016 Universitas Muslim Indonesia

Kata Kunci : Keputihan, Pencegahan, Penanganan


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