Menopause is the point in time when menstrual cyclespermanently cease after having amenorrhea for 12 consecutive months which does not occur due to pathological conditions. There are many factors that affect women menopausal age, one of them is contraceptive use history. Contraception is divided into hormonal and non hormonal one. Lubuk Buaya is an area with highest DMPA injection and IUD acceptors in Padang. The aim of this research: to show the difference of menopausal age between DMPA injection acceptors and IUD acceptors in Lubuk Buaya Public Health Centre area. This was analytical research with cross sectional method. The sample is divided into 2 groups (n1 = Menopause women with DMPA injection history, n2 = Menopause women with IUD history) and taken by using quota sampling. The collecting of data involves 70 respondents in Lubuk Buaya public health centre by using questionnaire. The data were analized by univariate and T-test bivariate analysis (≤ 0.05). Results showed 51.4% of respondents were 56-60 years old. The average history of contraceptive use 6 years for each groups. The result of bivariate analysis showed that there was a significant difference of menopausal age between DMPA injection acceptors and IUD acceptors (p = 0.000) with 3.2 yearsas mean difference. There was a difference of menopausal age between DMPA injection acceptors and IUD acceptors. It's expected women to be more selective to choose contraceptive method by considering the long term effects that arise related to menopausal age and its phycological and physical problems on it
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