STUDY ON PROPORTION OF MENSTRUAL DISORDER AMONG PROFESSIONAL COLLEGE STUDENTS IN GADAG CITY – A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY.
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Menstruation is a physiological phenomenon in women. Any deviation from this normal physiology is known as menstrual disorder. Prevalence of menstrual disorder ranges between 34. 6% to 95%. Objectives:1)To know the proportion of menstrual disorder among college students in Gadag city. 2) To study the factors related to dysmenorrhoea. Methodology: An observational cross sectional study was conducted among 2 professional college students in Gadag city for a period of 2 months. A semi structured questionnaire was used to collect the information and anthropometric measurements were taken as per the WHO guidelines. Results: Out of 246 students 90.24% of students were suffering from menstrual disorders. Proportion of each menstrual disorders were dysmenorrhoea 84.55% , menorrhagia 2.85%, hypo menorrhea 15.45% , poly menorrhea 3.25% , oligomenorrhea 9.76%, emotional PMS 50.41% and physical PMS 75.61%. There is significant association between dysmenorrhoea and age of students, age of menarche and BMI status. Conclusion: Our study concludes that there is a higher proportion of menstrual disorder that is 90.4%. Majority of the students were suffering from dysmenorrhoea and next is premenstrual symptoms.
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Rajashree Kotabal, Pralhad Dasar
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- DOI 10.26727/NJRCM.2018.7.2.77-79
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