The Characteristic of Toddlers Reproductive Health in Posyandu Matahari, Blimbing, Malang, East Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Background & Objective: The screening of reproductive health plays an essential role of early detection of reproductive health disorder. There was a study which suggested that there was at least one congenital disorder every 100 live births. The Congenital reproductive disorder are mostly found in type of hypospadias, enlarged clitoris, micropenis, fusion of labia majora, and genital ambiguity. Data collected in Saiful Anwar General Hospital revealed that period of 2012-2017 there were 109 hypospadias cases, 64 undescended testicle cases, and 80 cases of testicular torsion. However, for the Disorders of Sex Development cases, there were found 12 cases from period of 2015-2017, with mean age was school age (8-14 years old). Unfortunately, there was no data of congenital reproductive disorder in toddlers, thus we conducted screening of toddlers reproductive health in PosyanduMatahari which located in Malang, East Java, Indonesia in order to find out the number of incidence of toddlers congenital reproductive disorder and held the early detection.Materials & Methods: This is observational descriptive study. Screening was held in PosyanduMatahari which located in GedungSerbagunaRw. 14, Bunulrejo, Jodipan, Blimbing, Malang, in October 27, 2018. It used method of physical examination (age, weight, height, external genital examination), and if it was found suspicious of disease or disorder of toddler congential reproductive health, thus it would be given referral to appropriate health care Results: This screening event involved 46 toddlers (1-5 years old). From 46 toddlers, there were 14 toddlers (30.43%), 10 toddlers suffered from Phimosis (21.74%), 1 toddler with Hydrocele (2.17%), dan 3 toddlers suffered from UDT (6.52), who were referred to urology clinic in Saiful Anwar General Hospital to undergo further examination and treatment. Conclusion:The incidence of toddlers reproductive disorder of this event was 30,43%, showed that this age group (1-5 years old) had significant amount of congenital reproductive disorder and screening played important role for early detection and improving parental knowledge to prevent the delay of treatment for reproductive disorder.