Explore the Knowledge and Impact on Dysmenorrhea among Nursing Students of Selected College
Journal Title: International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development - Year 2020, Vol 4, Issue 6
Abstract
Dysmenorrhea is defined as difficult menstrual flow or painful menstruation. It is an ordinary gynecological problem among adolescent ladies which is severe enough to keep them from functioning at home, college or work place for a day or a two every month. Objective To assess the knowledge and impact of dysmenorrhea among nursing students Material and Method A descriptive study was carried out among 201 nursing students selected by purposive technique at M.M university, ambala Haryana by using structured knowledge questionnaire KR 20= 0.72 and impact rating scale chron a= 0.87 respectively from January 2016 to February 2017. Result Most of students were of 19 to 21 yrs in age and 95 were unmarried. 78.6 received knowledge of dysmenorria from mothers. 100 students experienced dysmenorria in which 87.6 had regular cycle, 51.7 felt intermittent pain. Majority 57.2 have good knowledge regarding dysmenorria and mildly affected by it followed by 41.3 are moderately affected by dysmenorria. age, course of study and marital status are significantly associated with knowledge regarding dysmenorrhea whereas level of pain and measures to relieve dysmenorria is significantly associated with impact of dysmenorrhea. Conclusion Formal, informal and special mass media educational programmes may be taken to educate the girls on dysmenorria and measures to relieve .community health nurse and school health nurse need to concerned about it. Pooja Jaswal | Pabalpreet Kaur | Dr. (Mrs) Jyoti Sarin "Explore the Knowledge and Impact on Dysmenorrhea among Nursing Students of Selected College" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-6 , October 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd33446.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/33446/explore-the-knowledge-and-impact-on-dysmenorrhea-among-nursing-students-of-selected-college/pooja-jaswal
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