Hubungan Stres Kerja dengan Dismenorea pada Operator Mesin Jahit

The objective of this study is to know the association between stress at workand dysmenorrhea. Dysmenorrhea has a direct big impact on individual andcompany. Problems that arise are associated with increased absenteism,resulting in reduced productivity. A cross-sectional study has been carriedout, using total sample of 165 workers who operate sewing machine at ‘PTX’ Jakarta. The instruments used for this study is Stres Diagnostic Surveyquestionnaire to measure stress at work and another questionnaire foridentifying dysmenorrhea and other risk factors. Analytical techniques usedChi-Square and logistic regression. The prevalence of dysmenorrhea was37%, and prevalence for stres at work was 25,4%. High level stres at workhave arise 2,24 times with dysmenorrhea (p=0,029 ; OR = 2,27 and 95%CI: 1,08 – 4,76) also with work period over five year (p=0,010 ; OR = 0,36and 95% CI : 0,16 – 0,78) is decrease dysmenorrhea 64% . This study hasshown that dysmenorrhea among workers of sewing machine operate at ‘PTX’ Jakarta was correlation with high level stress at work and work periodless than five year.