[Lebih dari satu juta orang di dunia terkena infeksi menular seksual (IMS) setiap
harinya. Empat penyakit tersering adalah chlamidia, gonore, trichomoniasis, dan
sifilis. Di Asia Tenggara, insiden sifilis hingga tiga juta kasus. Dari angka tersebut,
insiden pada wanita jauh lebih tinggi dari pada laki ? laki. Pekerja seks komersial
(PSK) di Indonesia adalah salah satu yang popular di Asia Tenggara. Tingginya
angka PSK meningkatkan tingginya angka sifilis di Indonesia. Populasi PSK terdiri
dari berbagai macam usia. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan
antara faktor usia dengan prevalensi sifilis pada pekerja seks komersial (PSK) di
Tangerang, Banten. Desain penelitian ini adalah cross ? sectional dengan
menggunakan data sekunder dari Departemen Parasitologi FKUI. Subjek penelitian
adalah 152 PSK di Tangerang, Banten. Terdapat 64 (42,1%) PSK yang berusia 10
? 19 tahun dan 88 (57,9%) PSK yang berusia 20 tahun lebih. Didapatkan bahwa
sebesar 79 (52%) PSK yang didiagnosis terkena sifilis. Dari 79 orang tersebut,
terdapat 36 PSK berusia 10 ? 19 tahun dan 43 PSK berusia 20 tahun keatas.
Berdasarkan analisis data, didapat p>0,05 sehingga terbukti bahwa faktor usia tidak
memiliki hubungan bermakna dengan penyakit sifilis pada PSK di Tangerang,
Banten. Jadi, sifilis dapat menyerang seluruh usia.;Everyday, more than one million people in the world infected by sexual transmitted
infection (STI). The most common disease are chlamidia, gonorrheae,
trichomoniasis, and syphilis. The incidence of syphilis about three million cases in
South East Asia. From that case, syphilis happens in men less than women. Women
prostitution in Indonesia is the popular one in South East Asia. Because the number
of prostitute is high, incidence syphilis in Indonesia is high too. The population of
commercial sexual worker has various ages. Goal of the research is to know the
relation between age and prevalence of syphilis in commercial sexual worker in
Tangerang, Banten. The design of research is cross ? sectional with secondary data
from Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia. The subjects of
research are 152 women who work as commercial sexual worker in Tangerang,
Banten. There are 64 (42,1%) women who are 10 -19 years old, and 88 (57,9%)
women who are ages more than twenty years old. Besides, 79 (52%) women are
diagnosed syphilis. From 79 women, there are 43 women whom twenty years old
and more. The result is p>0,05, it means that age has no significant relation with
syphilis in commercial sexual worker in Tangerang, Banten. It means that syphilis
can infect people in every age., Everyday, more than one million people in the world infected by sexual transmitted
infection (STI). The most common disease are chlamidia, gonorrheae,
trichomoniasis, and syphilis. The incidence of syphilis about three million cases in
South East Asia. From that case, syphilis happens in men less than women. Women
prostitution in Indonesia is the popular one in South East Asia. Because the number
of prostitute is high, incidence syphilis in Indonesia is high too. The population of
commercial sexual worker has various ages. Goal of the research is to know the
relation between age and prevalence of syphilis in commercial sexual worker in
Tangerang, Banten. The design of research is cross – sectional with secondary data
from Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia. The subjects of
research are 152 women who work as commercial sexual worker in Tangerang,
Banten. There are 64 (42,1%) women who are 10 -19 years old, and 88 (57,9%)
women who are ages more than twenty years old. Besides, 79 (52%) women are
diagnosed syphilis. From 79 women, there are 43 women whom twenty years old
and more. The result is p>0,05, it means that age has no significant relation with
syphilis in commercial sexual worker in Tangerang, Banten. It means that syphilis
can infect people in every age.]
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