FAKTOR YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN PERSONAL HYGIENE PADA REMAJA PUTRI DI SMA NEGERI 1 KOTAMOBAGU

Background: Adolescent girls are vulnerable to reproductive organ infections due to a lack of personal hygiene. Personal hygiene is an effort to maintain one's personal health with the purpose to prevent the occurrence of diseases and to improve health status. Problems that will arise due to lack of hygiene of the reproductive organs, namely some venereal diseases such as cervical cancer, vaginal discharge, genital skin irritation, allergies, and inflammation or urinary tract infections. Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze factors related to personal hygiene. Method : This study applied observational analytic study with cross-sectional study approach and a sample of 100 female adolescents using a questionnaire. The sampling technique used simple random sampling and data analysis was done using the chi-square test. Result: The results of the analysis obtained knowledge (p-value = 0003) and socioeconomic status (p-value = 0,000). Conclusion: Therefore it can be inferred that knowledge and socioeconomic status were factors associated with personal hygiene in the female adolescents