Background: Dysmenorrhea is the leading cause of gynecological morbidity in women of reproductive age and it was found to have significant effect on day-to-day activities. Present study aimed to assess prevalence of dysmenorrea and its effect on Student’s Quality of Life at Faculty of Nursing Beni-Sueff University. Subjects and Methods: This study was exploratory descriptive, A convenient sample was selected from 516female students at faculty of Nursing Beni-suef University Data collection tools:1) Socio-demographic Questionnaire 2) verbal multidimensional scoring system 3) Pediatric quality of life Generic Core Scales. The results of the study revealed that the majority of the studied students suffered from dysmenorrheal in different grads, most of them experienced grade 1, more than one third experienced grade 2 and eighty percent of them experienced grade 3. Forty had moderate level of quality of life in physical health while more than one third experienced low level in psychological health, less than half experienced low level in social health and more than half experienced low level in academic performance and there was highly statistical significant correlation between dysmenorrheal and quality of life. The study concluded that the majority of the studied students suffered from dysmenorrheal & it had negative effect on quality of life, leading to absenteeism, reduced physical activity, loss of concentration, and poor social relationship. So study recommended to conduct better quality population-based longitudinal studies on the natural history of dysmenorrhea and on the effect of its risk factors across the reproductive life course.
Abdelazim, S. S., Mohamed, S. M., Sayed, E. M., & Helmy, H. K. (2020). Prevalence of Dysmenorrea and its Effect on Student’s Quality of Life. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 11(4), 1-14. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.124844
MLA
Samar Shaban Abdelazim; Sabah Metwaly Mohamed; Eman Mostafa Sayed; Hanaa Kamal Helmy. "Prevalence of Dysmenorrea and its Effect on Student’s Quality of Life". Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 11, 4, 2020, 1-14. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.124844
HARVARD
Abdelazim, S. S., Mohamed, S. M., Sayed, E. M., Helmy, H. K. (2020). 'Prevalence of Dysmenorrea and its Effect on Student’s Quality of Life', Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 11(4), pp. 1-14. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.124844
VANCOUVER
Abdelazim, S. S., Mohamed, S. M., Sayed, E. M., Helmy, H. K. Prevalence of Dysmenorrea and its Effect on Student’s Quality of Life. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2020; 11(4): 1-14. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.124844
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