THE DIFFERENCE CHANGE IN WEIGHT FAMILY PLANNING INJECTION ACCEPTORS THREE MONTHS WITH ONE MONTH IN MUARA VILLAGE CIREBON DISTRICT

Abstract

Injected contraception is the most contraception method chosen by Indonesian women. There are 2 types of injected contraception, 3 monthly injecion which consists of progesterone  only and 1 monthly injection consists of a combination of oesterogen-progesterone. One of its side effect is increase weight, which is  usually distressing for women due to the increase risk of suffering from many diseases such as heart attack, type-2 diabetes mellitus, sleep apnea, certain cancer, osteoarthritis, and asthma. The study aim was to identify the difference weight gain occurence between 3 monthly and 1 monthly injected contraception users in Muara Village- Suranenggala District. This research method uses comparative analytic studies using cross sectional resulting research which measured in interval scale. The sample is all 3 months KB injecting participants as much as 30 respondents and 1 month KB injections as much as 30 respondents. The data is analysis using t-test. The result showed a  ρ value of  0,005 which meant there was a difference in weight gain occurence between the users of 3 monthly and 1 monthly injected contraception. The 3 monthly  injection had been proven increasing the incidence of weight gain compared to the 1 monthly one. It was suggested that midwives should give proper counselling regarding to side effect of increasing weight gain during the use of 3 monthly contraceptive injection to be aware of by the users. Further investigation on other influencing factors of weight gain among contraceptive injection users.