RELATIONSHIP OF KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF FE TABLET WITH COMSUMPTION OF FE TABLET COMPLIANCE IN TRIMESTER III PREGNANT WOMEN AT PUSKESMAS JATIBARANG BREBES

Abstract

One of the important nutritional elements when pregnant is iron. The increase in blood volume during
pregnancy will increase the need for iron , the amount needed by pregnant women to prevent anemia is
500 mg which functions for the needs of the fetus, placenta, and the mother's own hemoglobin. Jens and
the research design used was descriptive analytic, amounting to 163 pregnant women. The sampling
technique used simple random sampling of 116 respondents. The analysis used was the frequency
distribution and the bivariate rank Spearman analysis. The results of the study with the Rank
Spearman correlation test using the SPSS 17 program obtained R count = 0.223 with a level of significant
( α ) = 0.05, then R table = 0.1824 which means R count> R table and obtained p value = 0.016 which
indicates that the p value <from α ( p value 0.016 <0.05) . Pregnant women should increase their
knowledge about iron tablets as a supplement to iron by actively following health education and pregnancy
examinations, so they always consume Fe tablets during pregnancy by taking 1 tablet per day to avoid the
incidence of pregnancy anemia. Pregnant women should increase their knowledge about iron tablets
as a supplement to iron by actively participating in health education on antenatal care.
Keywords: Knowledge, pregnant women, obedient, Fe tablets