Mask Use pattern, Public Perception and Barriers to Effective Mask Usage-A battle far from over

Background & Objective: Proper mask wearing reduces the transmissibility and risk of Covid-19 infection still compliance to mask use is low. This study was conducted to observe the mask usage pattern, perception and barriers to effective mask usage (EMU). Settings and Design: This cross-sectional study was conducted in collaboration with district police administration to observe mask usage pattern in various crowded places. Methods and Material: Participants from general public (n=6995) in 10 preselected areas of city were observed and then interviewed about their perceptions about EMU. Indirect observation of EMU was also done by screening CCTV footage, followed by another set of observation at same places after conducting a health education campaign. Data was entered in Microsoft excel and analyzed using SPSS. P value <0.05 was considered significant. Results: EMU was seen in nearly 62% participants. Younger age, native population, education above matric, persons driving two & four wheelers, had significantly higher compliance. During CCTV observation, EMU was 57.5%, and was highest near public places, roads and intersections while lowest near bus stand and religious places. Some improvement in compliance was seen after health education at these places. Breathing difficulty, no use of wearing mask and feeling uncomfortable were the most common reasons given by participants for non-compliance.Conclusions: EMU was lower in elderly, migrants, less educated, unemployed, daily wage workers, so these groups should be especially sensitized about preventive measures. There is need for extensive public education to bring out behavioral change regarding proper mask wearing to control this pandemic and prevent further waves.

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Analisis Faktor Faktor yang berhubungan dengan Pelaksanaan Pendidikan Kesehatan Oleh Perawat di Ruang Rawat Inap RS PMC

Photon: Jurnal Sain dan Kesehatan ◽

10.37859/jp.v10i1.1475 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 17-23

Author(s):

Awaliyah Ulfah Ayudytha Ezdha ◽

Ummu Habibah ◽

Dwi Elka Fitri

Keyword(s):

Health Education ◽

Discharge Planning ◽

Medical Center ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Hospital Length ◽

P Value ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Nursing Services ◽

Optimal Health

ABSTRACT The hospital as a provider of health services in the form of maintaining and improving health and aims to achieve optimal health status for the community. One indicator of the quality of nursing services is whether the nursing services provided are satisfying the patient or not. One of the roles performed by nurses is to carry out health education in discharge planning for patients in the inpatient room. Health education is very important to be carried out by a nurse. The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors related to the implementation of health education by nurses in the Inpatient at PMC Hospital. The research design used is a quantitative method with analytic cross-sectional study design. This research was conducted at Pekanbaru Medical Center Hospital with a sample of 35 nurses on duty at the hospital according to inclusion criteria. From the results of the study found factors related to the implementation of health education by nurses in the inpatient room of the PMC Hospital : Length of Work (p value 0.010), Training attended (p value = 0,000) and Level of Knowledge (p value = 0.002). This means that factors related to the implementation of health education by nurses must be maintained and considered by management to improve the implementation of health education by nurses so that the quality of service and satisfaction can be improved.

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Preventive Practices of Tuberculosis Patients in a Municipality of Chitwan District, Nepal

Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal ◽

10.3126/jcmsn.v15i1.23165 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 59-66

Author(s):

Prerna Bansal ◽

Dipendra Khatiwada ◽

Hari Prasad Upadhyay

Keyword(s):

Health Education ◽

Preventive Measures ◽

Good Practice ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

P Value ◽

Prevention Measures ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Tuberculosis Patients ◽

Preventive Practices

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide and sixth leading cause of death in Nepal. Preventing new infections of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is crucial to reduce TB burden and death. The source of infection is an open (sputum positive) case of pulmonary tuberculosis. Poor management of TB-related waste like disposal of sputum by patients has been reported as a risk factor for increasing susceptibility to active TB infection. The present study was undertaken to assess preventive measures practiced by TB patients. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 82 tuberculosis patients who visited the five different DOTs centres of Bharatpur Municipality of Chitwan district, Nepal during December 2016 to February 2017. To find the association between variables, chi-square test was used. P-value less than 0.05 were considered as statistically significant. Results: The Mean ± SD of age of patients was 37.02±18.90 years. 67.10% of the patients received health education on preventive measures. 59.8% of the respondents had good practice on prevention measures of TB. Only 3.70% used burning method for the sputum disposal after diagnosis of TB. None of the respondents used boiling method for the disposal of sputum. Among all only 6% practiced safe method of sputum disposal. The statistically significant variables with health education were preventive measures like self isolation (ᵪ2 = 7.54, p = 0.006), covering face while coughing and sneezing (ᵪ2 = 4.113, p = 0.043) and keeping surrounding clean (ᵪ2= 7.880, p = 0.005). Conclusions: Patients and family members should be well educated on practicing different preventive measures by further strengthening the preventive measures strategy in the transmission of tuberculosis if we envisioned to end TB by 2035.

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Knowledge of Viral Hepatitis among MSM in a Sub-Saharan African City: A Cross-Sectional Study in Calabar, Nigeria

Recent Advances in Biology and Medicine ◽

10.18639/rabm.2017.03.518093 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 03 ◽

pp. 118

Author(s):

Omoronyia Ogban Ezukwa ◽

Ekpenyong Nnette Okon ◽

Mkpanam Nkese Effiong ◽

Akpet Obaji Etaba ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Education ◽

Viral Hepatitis ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

P Value ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Self Administration ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Hepatitis Infection ◽

Sub Saharan

Infection with hepatitis B or C viruses is still one of the most dreaded infectious diseases worldwide. Health education and screening, particularly among vulnerable groups, are the most cost-effective interventions that can be provided in developing countries. Facility and community-based provision, of effective strategic health education and counseling, are dependent on better understanding of the factors that may be associated with the level of knowledge on hepatitis. One of such groups is men who sleep with men (MSM) or homosexuals, who are at high risk of hepatitis infection through unprotected anal intercourse. This study was therefore aimed at assessing the knowledge of hepatitis infection among MSM in Calabar, a metropolitan city in the oil-rich Niger-Delta region of Nigeria. Cross-sectional study design was utilized. The snow-ball sampling method was used to recruit subjects, with self-administration of structured questionnaires. Questionnaire assessed awareness, causes, sources, consequence, and prevention of hepatitis infection. Knowledge scores were obtained for each subject. Chi-square was used to assess factors associated with knowledge, with p-value fixed at 0.05. Sixty-nine (69) consenting subjects were surveyed, with mean age of 22.5 ± 3.2 years, ranging from 16 to 31 years. Mean knowledge percentage score was 43.5 ± 32.0, ranging from 0% to 100%. Age group, occupation, and other sociodemographic characteristics were not significantly associated with the knowledge of hepatitis infection. There is inadequate knowledge of hepatitis infection among MSM in the study area. This inadequacy appears worse among receivers, who are even at higher risk of sexually transmitted infections compared with inserters. These findings have implications for control of viral hepatitis in sub-Saharan Africa.

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A study on the mobile phone usage pattern and its dependence among medical students of a college in Kerala, India

International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences ◽

10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20173573 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (8) ◽

pp. 3615 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Shiny George ◽

Namitha Saif ◽

Biju Baby Joseph

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

P Value ◽

Young Generation ◽

Usage Pattern ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Mobile Phone Usage

Background: Mobile phones have become an essential part of life. It has become an important accessory carried by everybody not only because they make it easy to keep in touch with people but because of the various facilities they offer especially the internet. The charm of mobile phone is more among young generation and the increasing use may result in dependence. Aim was to study the usage pattern and dependence of mobile phones among medical students.Methods: A cross sectional study conducted among 200 medical students and studied the pattern of usage of mobile phones, common problems encountered and its dependence using a questionnaire. Statistical analysis done using chi square test and a p value of <0.05 is taken as significant.Results: In the present study 35% of the students were frequent users that is they used for >30 minutes per day. Female students were talking more to their parents and male students to their friends followed by their lovers. 49 of them never used to attend the call while driving and 58 of them used to stop the vehicle and attend the call. (p=0.002) Mobile phone dependence was also found to be increased which is evident from ringxiety experienced by 68 students (34%) and waking up from sleep to check the mobile for call or message by 62 students(p=0.000). Out of 68 students with ringxiety, 69% were males and 37% were females (p=0.040). 82 participants (41%) commented that life without mobile will be boring and 50 (25%) said that they will feel alone or unsafe (p=0.001).Conclusions: As dependence is increasing with the excessive use of mobile phones, some interventions are required to motivate the youth against it.

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Assessment of Drug Usage Pattern in Patients Treated for Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis Attending a Tertiary Eye Care Centre in Eastern India: A Cross-Sectional Study

Nepalese Journal of Ophthalmology ◽

10.3126/nepjoph.v10i1.21690 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 57-65

Author(s):

Aditi Maitra ◽

Shashwat Bhattacharyya ◽

Arunava Biswas ◽

Swapan Kumar Samanta ◽

Shatavisha Mukherjee ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis ◽

P Value ◽

Topical Steroids ◽

Usage Pattern ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Drug Usage ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Outpatient Unit ◽

Department Of Ophthalmology

Introduction: Vernal keratoconunctivitis is a recurrent, seasonal, allergic condition affecting children and adolescents in warmer regions worldwide.Objective: To assess the drug usage pattern for the management of vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC).Materials & Methods: This was a 12 weeks long hospital based cross sectional study conducted in the outpatient unit of the department of ophthalmology of a teaching hospital. It included all consecutive patients diagnosed with VKC who satisfied the inclusion criteria. Patients underwent clinical examination and the severity of their disease was graded. Their prescriptions were scanned for duration of therapy, total number of medications, route of administration, the frequency of dosage and change in medications if any, generic names of drugs being prescribed or not and all demographic parameters were recorded in a suitable record form. A p value of <0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.Results: 248 patients were enrolled in this study of whom the majority were male (172). The average age of the patients was 8.27 years (SD ± 3.02 years). The mean duration of disease was 15 months (SD ± 9.13 years). The greatest number of children belonged to severity grade 1 (27.82%). The total number of drugs prescribed in this study was 583 with an average of 2.26 drugs per encounter. The commonest prescribed drugs were topical anti-allergics (26.75%) followed closely by lubricants (25.73%) and topical steroids (21.42%).Conclusion: Anti allergics and lubricants are the mainstays in the management of VKC. The current study is reflective of this. Clearer guidelines need to be formulated for the better and rational management of VKC.

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Brief Overview and Experience of Visual Evoked Potential of First 67 cases at Referral Neuroscience Hospital in Bangladesh

Journal of National Institute of Neurosciences Bangladesh ◽

10.3329/jninb.v6i2.50744 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 74-77

Author(s):

Mohammad Enayet Hussain ◽

Bithi Debnath ◽

AFM Al Masum Khan ◽

Md Ferdous Mian ◽

Md Nahidul Islam ◽

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Keyword(s):

Multiple Sclerosis ◽

Optic Neuritis ◽

Clinical Diagnosis ◽

Optic Neuropathy ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

P Value ◽

Pattern Reversal ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Mean ◽

Visual Evoked

Background: The visual evoked potentials (VEP) is a valuable tool to document occult lesions of the central visual channels especially within the optic nerve. Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to observe the findings of first few cases of VEP done in the neurophysiology department of the National Institute of Neurosciences (NINS), Dhaka, Bangladesh. Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Neurophysiology at the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh from September 2017 to March 2020. All patients referred to the Neurophysiology Department of NINS for VEP were included. Pattern reversal VEPs were done using standard protocol set by International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN). Results: The mean age of the study population was 30.70 (±12.11) years (6-68 years) with 31 (46.3%) male and 36 (53.7%) female patients. The mean duration of illness was 8.71 (±1.78) months (3 days- 120 months). Most common presenting symptom was blurring of vision (37.3%) and dimness of vision (32.8%). Patterned VEP revealed mixed type (both demyelinating and axonal) of abnormality in most cases [29(43.35)]. The most common clinical diagnosis was multiple sclerosis (29.85%) and optic neuropathy (26.87%). In the clinically suspected cases of multiple sclerosis, optic neuropathy and optic neuritis most of the cases of VEP were abnormal and the p value is 0.04 in optic neuropathy and optic neuritis. Conclusion: The commonest presentation of the patients in this series were blurring of vision and dimness of vision. The most common clinical diagnosis for which VEP was asked for, was optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis. Most abnormalities were of mixed pattern (demyelinating and axonal). Journal of National Institute of Neurosciences Bangladesh, 2020;6(2): 74-77

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THE RELATION OF COPPING STRATEGY BY LOOKING SOCIAL SUPPORT WITH STRESS LEVEL OF BREAST CANCER PATIENT WHO GONE TROUGH CHEMOTHERAPY

Elevate The International Journal of Nursing Education Practice and Research ◽

10.25077/elevate.1.1.51-54.2018 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 51-54

Author(s):

Sri Burhani Putri

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Social Support ◽

Cancer Patient ◽

Breast Cancer Patient ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

P Value ◽

Spiritual Support ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Breast Cancer Chemotherapy ◽

Patient Stress

Breast cancer is one of the most common illness that killed woman. One of the therapy to cure breast cancer is chemotherapy. Chemotherapy has side effect either physical and psychology, that caused people who’s in chemo therapy, prone to stress. Stress effected by many factors, such as characteristic and chopping strategy that patient has been using. The aim of this research is to get a perspective about the relation of characteristic and chopping strategy with breast cancer patient stress, whose in chemo therapy. This research using cross sectional study and taking sample by using accidental sampling method. The data analyzed by using bavariat and multivariat with variable result shows that breast cancer patient stress who has chemo therapy realted to age characteristic (p value = 0.00) the time since they diagnosed with cancer (pvalue = 0.03), how long they have chemo therapy (pvalue = 0.00) and chopping strategyby looking social support (pvalue = 0.00) looking for spiritual (pvalue = 0.00) with dominan variable which related to stress is chopping strategy to looking spiritual support (coeffecients B = -1.139). Key words : Breast cancer, chemotherapy, stress

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Faktor Risiko Kejadian Penyakit Kulit Pada Pekerja Pengangkut Sampah Di Kota Jambi

Riset Informasi Kesehatan ◽

10.30644/rik.v6i2.87 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 129

Author(s):

Entia Nopa ◽

Ranissa Dwi Imansari ◽

Irwandi Rachman

Keyword(s):

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Personal Hygiene ◽

P Value ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional

Faktor Risiko Kejadian Penyakit Kulit Pada Pekerja Pengangkut Sampah Di Kota Jambi 1Entianopa, 2Ranissa Dwi Imansari, 3Irwandi Rachman 123Program Studi Kesehatan Masyarakat STIKES Harapan Ibu, Jambi Abstrak Latar Belakang: Kulit merupakan organ terbesar pada tubuh manusia yang membungkus otot-otot dan organ-organ dalam serta merupakan jalinan jaringan pembuluh darah, saraf, dan kelenjar yang tidak berujung, semuanya memiliki potensi untuk terserang penyakit yang salah satunya adalah penyakit kulit. Penyakit kulit merupakan salah satu gangguan kesehatan yang sering dialami oleh pekerja pengangkut sampah. Berdasarkan komposisi sampah yang diangkut serta waktu paparan kerja. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui hubungan antara masa kerja, pemakaian Alat Pelindung Diri (APD), dan personal hygiene dengan kejadian penyakit kulit pada pekerja pengangkut sampah di Kota Jambi. Metode: Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan desain penelitian cross sectional study. Sampel penelitian yaitu sebanyak 62 pekerja pengangkut sampah yang berada di Kantor Pekerjaan Umum dan Penata Ruang, yang mana seluruh populasi dijadikan sampel. Data dikumpulkan berdasarkan pemeriksaan kesehatan oleh dokter dan dengan kuesioner, kemudian dianalisa menggunakan uji statistik chi-square. Hasil: Hasil menunjukan bahwa pekerja yang mengalami penyakit kulit sebanyak 35 pekerja (56,5%). Berdasarkan hasil analisis chi-square didapatkan bahwa ada hubungan yang bermakna antara masa kerja dengan kejadian penyakit kulit pada pekerja pengangkut sampah dimana nilai (p-value= 0,006), Pemakaian Alat Pelindung Diri (APD) nilai (p-value= 0,008), personal hygiene nilai (p-value= 0,008). Kesimpulan: Untuk meminimalisir risiko terjadinya penyakit kulit pada pekerja pengangkut sampah disarankan perlunya disusun standar operasional prosedur yang aman, penyediaan sarana sanitasi agar dapat mengurangi resiko terkena penyakit kulit. Pentingnya pemakaian APD dan perilaku hidup bersih dan sehat selama bekerja, serta diharapkan pekerja menggunakan APD pada saat bekerja dan lebih memperhatikan personal hygiene. Kata kunci : Masa Kerja, APD, Personal Hygiene

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Spectrum of Pathological Lesions in Uterine Specimens with Focus on Gestational Trophoblastic Disease in Karachi

Pakistan Journal of Medicine and Dentistry ◽

10.36283/pjmd9-4/005 ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Hydatidiform Mole ◽

Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma ◽

Gestational Trophoblastic Disease ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Reproductive Age ◽

P Value ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Endometrial Polyps ◽

Trophoblastic Disease ◽

Proliferative Endometrium

Background: The most common benign pathological lesion in women of reproductive age is uterine leiomyoma. Gestational trophoblastic disease includes tumors and tumor like lesions originating from trophoblastic tissue. The aim of this study was to ﬁnd the spectrum of molar pregnancy and uterine pathologies focusing on gestational trophoblastic disease as no study has been done in the past few years. Methods: Endometrial and uterine specimens of patients (n=436) between the ages of 15-65 years were collected from a private hospital in Karachi from December 2018 to December 2019. This cross-sectional study was carried out by pathological diagnosis of patients’ samples under light microscopy using hematoxylin and eosin staining. Stratiﬁcation was done about age and nature of specimen to control the effect modiﬁers. The post stratiﬁcation Chi square test was applied and p value <0.05 was considered signiﬁcant. Results: Mean age of the patients was 36.1 years ±7.8. Total 436 uterine biopsies included 260(59.6%) hysterectomies, 56(12.8%) endometrial curetting’s, 117(26.8%) evacuation specimens and 3(0.7%) polypectomies. Common pathologies included 124(28.4%) leiomyomas, 61(14%) proliferative endometrium, 52(11.9%) adenomyosis and 32(7.3%) endometrial polyps. Gestational trophoblastic disease was seen in 9(2.06%). Seven (87.5%) were partial hydatidiform moles, one (12.5%) exaggerated placental site reaction and one choriocarcinoma. Mole was common between 26-30 years with mean age of 27.2 years and prevalence was 6/100 abortions. Conclusion: Leiomyoma was the commonest (28.4%) uterine pathology followed by proliferative endometrium (14.5%). However, endometrial stromal sarcoma and endometriosis were found 0.2% each. High prevalence of mole was seen in this study. Partial mole was most common and choriocarcinoma was least common. Keywords: Hydatidiform Mole; Pathology; Prevalence.

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Pengetahuan Mahasiswi Universitas Al Azhar Indonesia Terhadap Premenstrual Syndrome

JURNAL Al-AZHAR INDONESIA SERI SAINS DAN TEKNOLOGI ◽

10.36722/sst.v2i3.141 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 193

Author(s):

Riris Lindiawati Puspitasari ◽

Dewi Elfidasari ◽

Kun Mardiwati Rahayu

Keyword(s):

Premenstrual Syndrome ◽

Population Sample ◽

Reproductive Organs ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Hormonal Control ◽

P Value ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Knowledge Age ◽

Physical Changes ◽

Age Of Menarche

Abstrak – Tahap perkembangan remaja ditandai dengan perubahan fisik umum yang disertai perkembangan kognitif maupun sosial. Menstruasi merupakan proses alamiah organ reproduksi wanita dengan pengendalian hormon. Salah satu gangguan menstruasi adalah Premenstrual Syndrome atau sindrom sebelum haid atau dikenal juga sebagai ketegangan sebelum haid. Siklus menstruasi yang tidak teratur, penurunan level progesteron dan peningkatan level estrogen, stres, usia menarche yang terlalu cepat, dan status gizi merupakan beberapa faktor penyebab PMS. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengetahuan mahasiswi Universitas Al Azhar Indonesia terhadap PMS. Metodologi yang digunakan yaitu studi Cross Sectional. Populasi sampel penelitian adalah mahasiswi Universitas Al Azhar Indonesia. Variabel independen yang dipilih yaitu pengetahuan, usia menarche, siklus haid, olahraga, nutrisi, produktivitas, dan indeks massa tubuh (IMT). Berdasarkan uji bivariat dan multivariat regresi logistik tidak ditemukan hubungan yang signifikan antara pengetahuan dengan premenstrual syndrome pada mahasiswi UAI yaitu pengetahuan dengan p value 0,169; OR 0,473; 95% CI 0,163-1,374. Responden yang memiliki pengetahuan 0,473 kali lebih baik dalam penatalaksanaan premenstrual syndrome daripada responden yang memiliki pengetahuan kurang. Abstract – Adolescent developmental stage characterized by common physical changes that accompanied the cognitive and social development. Menstruation was known as a natural process of hormonal control in the female reproductive organs. One of menstrual disorders was premenstrual syndrome or syndrome before menstruation or also known as tension before menstruation. Irregular menstrual cycles, decreased levels of progesterone, increased level of estrogen, stress, menarche age, and nutritional status were informed as factors that cause premenstrual syndrome. This study aimed to determine student’s knowledge to premenstrual syndrome. The methodology used was a cross sectional study. The population sample was a student of University Al Azhar Indonesia. The independent variables were selected, namely knowledge, age of menarche, menstrual cycle, exercise, nutrition, productivity, and body mass index (BMI). Based on the test bivariate and multivariate logistic regression found no significant relationship between knowledge with premenstrual syndrome in UAI student that knowledge with p value 0.169; OR 0.473; 95% CI 0.163 to 1.374. Respondents who had knowledge 0.473 times better than others in treatment of premenstrual syndrome. Keywords: Premenstrual Syndrome, knowlwdge, menstruation, menarche.

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