Prevalence of Premenstrual Syndrome and its Effects among Regular Female Students in Ambo University, West Shoa, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia, 2019

Background: Premenstrual syndrome is group of psychosomatic symptoms which occurs during second half of menstrual cycle. Significant number of reproductive aged females suffer from it with its impact on their daily activities. This study was conducted to assess the prevalence, severity and impacts of Premenstrual syndrome on female students of a teaching hospital of Kathmandu, Nepal.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among female students of a teaching hospital from Kathmandu over a period of three months. Premenstrual Symptom Screening Tool was used to quantify the symptoms severity and their effect in activities. In addition; patient profile, socioeconomic status were recorded. The obtained information was entered in Statistical Package for Social Sciences and analyzed. Findings were then interpreted using chi-square test.Results: Out of the 285 respondents, 206 (72.3%) reported at least one premenstrual syndrome symptom of moderate to severe intensity among which 74 (25.9%) had at least one severe symptom. Six individuals (2.1%) fulfilled all criteria for Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder and 49 (17.2%) fulfilled the criteria for moderate to severe premenstrual syndrome and rest (80.7%) were having no or mild premenstrual syndrome with isolated symptoms. PMS was found to have significant association to menstrual bleeding (p?0.001) and severity of dysmenorrhea (p?0.001), family history of premenstrual syndrome (p=0.019) and physical activity (p=0.021). Conclusions: Premenstrual syndrome is common in female and has a considerable impact on day to day activities activities although its severe form Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder is less common.Keywords: Female students; Nepal; premenstrual syndrome.

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The Influential Factors on Premenstrual Syndrome College Female Students

Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society ◽

10.5762/kais.2014.15.5.3025 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 15 (5) ◽

pp. 3025-3036 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Geum-Sook Jung ◽

Hyun-Mi Oh ◽

In-Ryoung Choi

Keyword(s):

Premenstrual Syndrome ◽

Influential Factors ◽

Female Students ◽

College Female

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Assessment of Awareness and Attitude on Cervical Cancer Prevention among Female Preparatory Students in Ziway town, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care ◽

10.31557/apjcc.2020.5.4.265-271 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 265-271

Author(s):

Kirubel Kifle ◽

Lidetu Kebede ◽

Jiregna Taye ◽

Abel Mekonnen ◽

Ismael Ibrahim ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cervical Cancer ◽

Cancer Prevention ◽

Positive Attitude ◽

Cervical Cancer Prevention ◽

Female Students ◽

Common Disease ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Preparatory School ◽

Preventable Disease ◽

Regional State

Objective: Cervical cancer is common disease worldwide and ranks fourth among all malignancies for women. It has been reported to have been responsible for almost quarter of a million deaths annually, of which about 85% occurred in developing nations. Hence, the present study was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude on cervical cancer prevention and its associated factors among female students in Batu Preparatory School, Ziway town, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia in 2018. Methods: Institution based quantitative cross sectional study was conducted using anonymous self- administered questionnaire among female students in Batu Preparatory School in 2018. Results: Our results showed, the overall (62.1%) female preparatory students had heard of cervical cancer for most the source of information was mass media (50.7%). Though most has information on CC, only 33.3% were knowledgeable. Of the participants, 7.8% of had information about risk factor and 16% were aware of at least one of the symptom of CC. Results indicated that 72.5% of the participants believes that CC is preventable disease but only 21% had good knowledge on prevention. The overall positive attitude of the participants was 58.8%. Conclusion: Most participant believe that CC is preventable disease, and their knowledge on prevention is either poor or not satisfactory. In addition, most of the participants showed positive attitude towards CC prevention.

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEGREE OF STRESS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF FEMALE STUDENTS WITH PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME

Jurnal Berkala Epidemiologi ◽

10.20473/jbe.v8i22020.125-133 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 125

Author(s):

Rina Wahyu Andani

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Physical Activity ◽

Premenstrual Syndrome ◽

Statistical Tests ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

Female Students ◽

Observational Research ◽

Bivariate Analysis ◽

Cross Sectional

Background: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a group of symptoms consisting of physical, psychological, and behavioral disorders that can occur in women before menstruation and can be triggered or aggravated by factors such as their degree of stress and physical activity. Purpose: This research aimed to analyze the relationship between degree of stress and physical activity and premenstrual syndrome occurrence in female students. Method: This study used analytical observational research with a cross-sectional research design. Female students of the S1 Public Health class of 2016-2019 were used as the sample (n = 93) in this research. Sampling was conducted via the simple random sampling technique. A bivariate analysis was conducted using chi-square testing. The research was conducted between August and September of 2019 at the Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga. Results: Severe to extreme symptoms felt most often by respondents were muscle and joint pain, abdominal pain, and irritability. The prevalence of premenstrual syndrome with moderate to severe symptoms in female students of the S1 Public Health class was 46.24% and the prevalence of stressed female students was 70.97%. Statistical test results showed a relationship between the degree of stress and premenstrual syndrome occurrence (p = 0.01) and a relationship between physical activity and premenstrual syndrome occurrence (p = 0.04). Statistical tests also showed no relationship between the age of menarche and premenstrual syndrome occurrence (p = 0.50). Conclusion: There was a significant relationship between degree of stress and physical activity and premenstrual syndrome occurrence.

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