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Background: Pre-menopause is the beginning of a climacteric transition, which starts several (2-5) years before the menopause comes. Symptoms that arise are changes in the menstrual cycle becoming irregular, the menstrual cycle lengthens, then menstruation will stop. Changes in reproductive organs will affect the composition of hormones in the reproductive organs. Decreasing hormones can reduce sex desire. Psychological symptoms are decreased memory, anxiety, irritability, stress and depression. Psychological factors such as anxiety can affect a person's sexual function. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between anxiety and sexual activity in climacteric women in facing menopause at Soropadan Posyandu, Sleman Regency.Methods: This research employed quantitative methods with observational analytic research design with cross sectional approach. The research sample was 44 respondents in Soropadan Posyandu Sleman Regency. The measurement was done using a questionnaire to measure anxiety and sexual activity. The data analysis was done using univariate and bivariate analysis.Results: Chi square statistical test showed the p value of anxiety with sexual activity which was 0.653 (p<0.05).Conclusions: There is no relationship between anxiety and sexual activity in climacteric women in the face of menopause in Posyandu Soropadan, Sleman Regency.
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Background: Nutrition is one of the factors that can be used as a determinant of the quality of human resources. The number of malnourished sufferers in the world reaches 104 million children. The prevalence of underweight children based on weight and age indicators is 19.6% which consists of 5.7% toddlers with poor nutrition and 13.9% of them with under nutrition. Based on data from the District Health Office of Kulon Progo (2014), the number of toddlers with under nutrition was 10.13%.Methods: This study was an observational analytic cross-sectional design. It was conducted in July, 2019. The study population was mothers who had babies and or toddlers in Kalisoko. The sampling was carried out using random sampling with inclusion criteria of mothers who have babies and or toddlers residing in Kalisoko. Exclusion criteria in this study were mothers who were not willing to be sampled and mothers who did not have babies and or toddlers. Based on the established inclusion and exclusion criteria, a sample of 30 was obtained. The research instrument was a questionnaire. Statistical tests were performed using chi-square test.Results: Chi-square test results showed a significant value of 0.072 (p<0.05), which means that there is no relationship between maternal knowledge of maternal attitudes about nutritional status in infants and toddlers in Kalisoko, Tuksono, Sentolo, Kulonprogo 2019. The risk prevalence value is 2.303 (>1) and the CI value between 1.083 and 4.897 so that it does not exceed 1, meaning that the knowledge of mothers which is not really good is at risk of 2.303 times compared to mothers who have good knowledge.Conclusions: Knowledge is a risk factor for maternal attitudes about nutritional status in infants and toddlers but it is not statistically significant.