Abstract

Vidi Posdo A. Simarmata* and Abitmer Gultom

ABSTRACT

This research was aimed to find out the relationship between motor vehicle exhaust gases towards the menstrual cycle in women of childbearing age and to understand the impact of motor vehicle exhaust gases on abnormalities of the menstrual cycle (oligomenorrhea, menorrhagia, and hypomenorrhea). The influence of emission factors (Mileage, travel time, road density, vehicles used, and the house's location) towards the abnormalities of the menstrual cycle (oligomenorrhea, menorrhagia, and hypomenorrhea). The research method was a correlational study design survey with a cross-sectional approach on the 100 samples that met the inclusion criteria. The result of the study was that descriptive characteristics of the sample of respondents are between 20 years old and 24 years old (33%), living in a family home (68%), students/college students (47%), age of menarche between 13 years-old and 16 years-old (54%), and the use of private motor vehicles (58%). As in univariate analysis research, there are samples with symptoms of abdominal pain on menstruation (81.1%), symptoms of emotional restlessness/anxiety (70.6%), oligomenorrhea (menstrual cycles > 35 days) (49%), long menstrual five pads (52%), menstrual disorder happens between 1 until two times in a year (52%), symptoms of eye irritation and watery due to motor vehicle exhaust gas (50.4%), transport mileage 11-20 Km (30 %), transport travel time 61-90 minutes (44%), travel in the dense main road with the use of two types of vehicles (47%), the use of motorcycles as the type of vehicle (50.7%), and the location of a place to stay near the main road (55%). Then it is concluded that there is a significant relationship between motor vehicle exhaust gases toward the menstrual cycle in women of childbearing age in the Victorious Faith Church Indonesia Bekasi (? = 0.005). There is a significant relationship between menstrual cycle abnormalities (oligomenorrhea, menorrhagia, and hypomenorrhea) with the value of the emission factor (Mileage, travel time, road density, vehicles used, and the location of the house).