PENGARUH PUASA SENIN KAMIS TERHADAP TEKANAN DARAH DAN TINGKAT KEBERSIHAN GIGI MULUT PADA SANTRIWATI DI MADRASAH MU’ALLIMAT MUHAMMADIYAH YOGYAKARTA

Background: The time-consuming activities often make santriwati pay less
attention to their health, thus triggering various disease such as blood pressure and
oral-related diseases. The Monday-Thursday fasting, as one of the sunnah that is
highly recommended by Rasulullah, can be a key to maintain health because this
kind of fasting has been proven by many researches to give health benefits such as
maintaining normal blood pressure and good oral hygiene.
Research Objective: This research aims to determine the difference of blood
pressure and oral health among the santriwati in Madrasah Mu’allimat
Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta who have got used to do and those who have not got
used to do Monday-Thursday fasting.
Research Method: This is an analytic observational quantitative research which
utilizes a cross sectional design. The research subjects were 48 santriwati of
Madrasah Mu’allimat who were around 14-18 years old. The research data were
analyzed using the Mann Whitney U-test to determine the difference of blood
pressure and oral hygiene among the santriwati who have got used to do and those
who have not got used to do Monday-Thursday fasting.
Research Results: The analysis of Mann Whitney data shows a (p) significance
value for the blood pressure category variable of 0.002 and for the OHI-S category
of 0.016. The significance level of p <0.05 for each measurement variable (blood
pressure and OHI-S categories) illustrates that there are differences of blood
pressure and oral hygiene among the santriwati who have got used to do and those
who have not got used to do Monday-Thursday fasting.
Conclusion: There are differences of blood pressure and oral hygiene among the
santriwati who have got used to do and those who have not got used to do MondayThursday fasting.