Prevalence and pattern of menstrual disorders among school going adolescents in northern district of Kerala
Journal Title: Public Health Review - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Adolescents face a range of health challenges, numerous information and guidance regarding adolescent health remaining ignored due to constraints at different levels of health system.One of the main problems among adolescent girls are irregular menstruation, excessive bleeding and dysmenorrhoea. Menstrual irregularities during adolescent period have association with reproductive morbidities in adulthood. Targeting this age group with awareness and early correction of matters and misconceptions related to adolescent sexual reproductive health issues would enable us to yield a healthy society and empowered youth.Objective:To study the prevalence and pattern of menstrual disorders and its associated factors among IX to XII class adolescent girls in Kannur district. Methods:Cross-sectional study among school going adolescent Girls from class IX to XII in Kannur DistrictResults:Among the 1722 study participants, 48.8% had menstrual disorders, in which dysmenorrhoea is the most common menstrual disorder reported 71.5%. The risk factors like rural residence, lower socio-economic status, mixed diet, non-consumption of egg, not physically active both during routine life and also during menstruation, increased BMI showed a significant association with menstrual disorder among the study participants. Conclusion:Use of services by adolescents is limited may be due to lack of adequate privacy and confidentiality and judgemental attitudes of service providers, who often lack counselling skills. Therefore, effective services like assurance of confidentiality, psychological support, counselling is necessary.
Authors and Affiliations
Devaki Antherjanam S, Usha Karunakaran, A K Jayasree, Raju Antony, Anitha S S, Harsha C H
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