RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUPPORT OF THE HUSBAND TO THE COPING STRATEGY STRESS LEVEL OF HIS WIFE WHO FACE MENOPAUSE, IN TABACOLOT VILLAGE, SUCO DEBOS, ADMINISTRATIVE POST OF SUAI MUNICIPALITY OF COVALIMA TIMOR-LESTE (2023).

Research Article

Abstract

Introduction: According to Sensos Population of Timor-Leste in 2023, the total of the Municipality of Covalima 73,909 people and 36,437 women, Administrative Post of Suai in Suco Debos number of populations 10,131, and a total of 5,043 of women in Suco Debos, in Tabacolot Village are 881 women and among the women there are 98 women aged 45 to 60 years who undergo menopause in the study conducted in 2023.

Objective: To understand the importance of the relationship between the husband's support to the coping strategy stress level of his wife who face menopause in Tabacolot Village Suco Debos, Administrative Post of Suai, the Municipality of Covalima, 2023.

Method: The research method used Quantitative Cross-sectional, of the descriptive and analytical type and technical simple random sampling. Spearman Rank (P < 0.05) means to have relation or correlation, but when statistical test with value (P > 0.05) means no relation or correlation. 

Results:  Based on the results of the analysis thick the stress level (moderate stress, heavy stress) of the wife in Tabacolot Village Suco Debos, Administrative Post of Suai with category of moderate stress level with 23.2 %, heavy stress with 76.8%, strategy cup of the husband in emotion focus cup with 55.4%, problem focus cup with 44.6%. The result of the bivariate statistical test correlation Spearman Rank with SPSS of version 26. Moysters the coefficient value meaning or person (p) = 0.000 and the coefficient value with value 0.434 with sufficient relation.

Conclusion: Through the result the level of stress and menopause of the community in Tabacolot Village with 0.434 and the husband's cup strategy and the wife's menopause with 0.435 with sufficient relation on the data analysis cited by (Tilman CB. & Gaio E. C., 2023).