Karakteristik Dismenore Pada Pasien Endometriosis Di RSUD Dr. Soetomo Surabaya

Endometriosis is a disordered growth of the endometrial glands outside the uterus that often affects women of reproductive age. Endometriosis could reduce the quality of life and cause infertility. The most common symptom is dysmenorrhea, and this often misunderstood by most women who think menstruating women commonly experience this. The purpose of the research is to determine the characteristics of dysmenorrhea in endometriosis patients at RSUD Dr. Soetomo Surabaya. This research was an observational study by conducting direct interview with patients and analyzing descriptively. The variables studied were: the intensity of dysmenorrhea pain, description of dysmenorrhea pain, age diagnosed endometriosis, age of dysmenorrhea onset, delay of diagnosis, time of dysmenorrhea, and duration of dysmenorrhea. The total samples of this research were 42 respondents who were patients diagnosed endometriosis at RSUD Dr.Soetomo Surabaya Results: In endometriosis patient, the highest frequencies in variable were as follows: pain intensity on a scale of 8 (33.3%), the pain description is like squeezing (61.9%), age diagnosed is 30-39 years (42.8%), age of dysmenorrhea onset is <20 years (59.5%), delay of diagnosis is 2 days (66.7%). In conclusion, the average pain intensity of dysmenorrhea is on a scale of 8, and the most pain description is like squeezing. The average delay in diagnosis of endometriosis for 10.6 years, endometriosis patients begin to feel dysmenorrhea during menstruation with a duration of more than two days.