Ina Andriati. Swastika, 2013.

The Relationship of The Size of The Upper Arm Circle With The Happening of Anemia On Student In Girl ormitor! of Tri"hu#ana Tunggade#i Uni$ersit! %alang& 'acult! of Health Sciences, Uni$ersit! of Tri"hu#ana Tunggade#i %alang& Mentor (1) Rita Yulifah, S. Kep., M.Kes. Mentor (2) Susmini, S.Kep, Ns The status of nutrition of the under five years hildren is the one of the indi ator that des ri!e the level of so iety "elfare. The arm ir le (the arm ir umferen e) is the result of measurements that !e arried out to the upper arm ir le to #no" the someone nutrition status. The fa tors that affe t anemia that is the onsumption of ener$y and protein e%perien e the la # (defi ien y) in a lon$ period !oth !efore and lon$ period of time. This study aims to determine the si&e of the upper arm ir umferen e "ith the happenin$ of anemia in adoles ent in $irl dormitory of 'niversity of Tri!hu"ana Tun$$ade"i Malan$. (esi$n in this study is the orrelation. )aria!le approa h that used in this study is the ir umferen e of the upper arm as the independent varia!le and anemia as the dependent varia!le. Samplin$ is purposive samplin$ "ith a sample *+ $irl students from the population ,- respondents in the (ormitory of Tri!hu"ana Tun$$ade"i 'niversity Malan$. The olle tin$ of data "as done usin$ o!servation sheets, miteline, and ./ ele tri al test and ./ sti #s. (ata analysis uses Spearman0s rho test 1 +.+2. 3lmost the half of the students in the (ormitory in Nursin$ S ien e 4ro$ram 'niversity of Tri!hu"ana Tun$$ade"i Malan$ has the arm ir umferen e "ere not at ris# and have symptoms (indi ation) of anemia are 12 respondents (5+6). The result of analysis test used the Spearman rho "as o!tained The Si$nifi ant Relationship !et"een 'pper 3rm Si&e "ith the happenin$ of anemia. This thin$ is eviden ed "ith the value of oeffi ient +.+2 is o!tained the value of p 7 +.++* "hi h p 8 +.+2, that means the value of .o is re9e ted means that there is a si$nifi ant relationship !et"een the Si&e of 'pper 3rm and The .appenin$ of 3nemia :f Students in 'niversity of Tri!hu"ana Tun$$ade"i Malan$ $irl dormitory. ;or further resear h is e%pe ted to !e used as information and initial re ommendations so the further resear h an enhan e the ontri!ution of this resear h !y ondu tin$ the resear h "ith a more omplete instrument, supported !y more detailed theoreti al study as "ell as the units of analysis are sharper so "e $et a more perfe t results for study of the Relationship of 'pper 3rm Si&e and The .appenin$ of 3nemia. Keywords: Upper arm circle/circumference, happening of anemia