17May 2023

PREVALENCEOFMENSTRUAL DISORDERS AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS- A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

  • DMO, Hemalatha Hospital, Madurai, India.
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Many young women experience menstrual abnormalities, which is a typical gynaecological issue. As the backbone of our society, women, it is imperative that they maintain good health. The studys main aims and objectives are to determine the prevalence of menstrual irregularities in medical students, to identify the relationships between these irregularities and variables like bleeding disorders, endocrine issues, infections, and stress, and to provide health education to lessen the impact of these disturbances on medical students menstrual cycles. A cross-sectional study was conducted at a medical school with 200 female medical students. We looked examined the relationships between menstruation problems and relevant variables. Participants in the study were 19.86±1.56 years old on average. The average Menarchial age of the participants ranged from 12.86 to 0.937. The BMIs of 24% of the participants were high. The correlation between premenstrual syndrome and perceived stress levels was statistically significant (p 0.001). There was a statistically significant correlation between menstrual irregularities and perceived stress level (p 0.05).


[Zareen Zohara Z. and Abdul Jaffar Azad Ajeeth Rehman (2023); PREVALENCEOFMENSTRUAL DISORDERS AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS- A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY Int. J. of Adv. Res. 11 (May). 490-498] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Zareen Zohara.Z
DMO, Hemalatha Hospital, Madurai, India

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/16904      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/16904