A Cross-Sectional Study of Prevalence of Dysmenorrhea among Adolescent Girls
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 9
Abstract
One of the common problem among the adolescent girls is dysmenorrhea which often leads to emotional and physical problems to girls and ultimately affects their quality of life. The present study was done to study prevalence of dysmenorrhea among adolescent girls. This cross-sectional study was done in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology of SMBT institute of medical sciences, Dhamangaon, Ghoti, Nasik. The age of the students was from 18 to 24 years and the total female students participated were 237. The study was done with the help of open-ended questionnaires regarding their menstrual history. The overall prevalence of dysmenorrhea was present in 156 (65.82%) girls out of 237 girls included in the study. Also, it can be suggested that the females with the history of early menarche had more prevalence of dysmenorrhea but it is statistically not significant. The prevalence of dysmenorrhea was significantly more among the females with family history of dysmenorrhea. Table 4 clearly shows that Sickness absenteeism was significantly more among dysmenorrhic students than non dysmenorrhic students during menstrual period. Statistical analysis was done with the help of IBM SPSS statistics version 17. This is one of the supporting study that confirmed as dysmenorrhea is a common problem among the adolescent females. Keywords: Adolescent girls, Dysmenorrhea, Gynaecological symptoms.
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Jaywant Yashwant Aher, Kiran Mahendra Rajole
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