Menstrual characteristics and prevalence of dysmenorrhea in college going girls.
In: Journal of Family Medicine & Primary Care, Jg. 4 (2015-07-01), Heft 3, S. 426-431
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Background: Dysmenorrhea is a common gynecological condition with painful menstrual cramps of uterine origin. Prevalence of primary dysmenorrhea is not yet clearly studied in central India. Objective: To study prevalence of primary dysmenorrhea in young girls and to evaluate associated clinical markers of dysmenorrhea. Materials and Methods: In a cross-sectional study, data was collected among 310 girls (18-25 years) on age at menarche, presence and absence of dysmenorrhea, dysmenorrhea duration, pre-menstrual symptoms (PMS), family history, menses irregularities, menstrual history, severity grading using visual analogue scale (VAS) using a semi-structured questionnaire. Results: Dysmenorrhea was reported in 84.2% (261) girls and 15.8% (49) reported no dysmenorrhea. Using VAS, 34.2% of girls experienced severe pain, 36.6% moderate and 29.2% had mild pain. Bleeding duration was found to be significantly associated with dysmenorrhea (χ² = 10.5; P < 0.05), girls with bleeding duration more than 5 days had 1.9 times more chance of getting dysmenorrhea (OR: 1.9; 95% CI: 1.7-3). Moreover, girls with the presence of clots had 2.07 times higher chance of having dysmenorrhea (OR: 2.07; 95% CI: 1.04-4.1) (P < 0.05). Almost 53.7% girls who had some family history of dysmenorrhea, 90.9% experience the condition themselves (χ² = 11.5; P < 0.001). Girls with family history of dysmenorrhea had three times greater chance of having the same problem (OR: 3.0; 95% CI: 1.5-5.8; P = 0.001). Conclusion: Dysmenorrhea is found to be highly prevalent among college going girls. Family history, bleeding duration and presence of clots were significant risk factors for dysmenorrhea. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Menstrual characteristics and prevalence of dysmenorrhea in college going girls.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Kural, Mool ; Raj ; Noor, Naziya Nagori ; Pandit, Deepa ; Joshi, Tulika ; Patil, Anjali |
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Zeitschrift: | Journal of Family Medicine & Primary Care, Jg. 4 (2015-07-01), Heft 3, S. 426-431 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2015 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 2249-4863 (print) |
DOI: | 10.4103/2249-4863.161345 |
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