Background: The study aimed to assess traditional practices self-reported by nursing students to relieve dysmenorrhea. The study design was descriptive design. Setting: the study was conducted in nursing technical secondary school at Benha university hospital. Sampling: purposive sample that consisted of 150 students suffered from dysmenorrhea in the three years of the nursing secondary school. Tools of data collection: structured interviewing questionnaire, knowledge assessment sheet and assessment of used traditional practices by nursing students. Results: 64.7%of the studied sample had unsatisfactory knowledge about dysmenorrhea, 37.1% of studied students always used many of traditional practices to relieve dysmenorrheal and 44% of studied sample satisfied with traditional practices used for menstrual pain relief. Conclusion: Less than two thirds of the studied students always used many of traditional practices to relieve dysmenorrhea. The most common traditional method was drinking natural herbs followed by taking a warm bath and massaging the abdomen as reported by females. Recommendations: Encouraging the student females to use traditional methods in the first days of menses for relieving dysmenorrhea.
Mohamed, E. A. E., Ahmed Attia, A., Hassan Omran, A. A., & Elsayed Afifi, H. A. (2020). Traditional Practices Self Reported by Nursing Students to Relieve Dysmenorrhea. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 11(1), 176-190. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.74777
MLA
Entsar Abd Elmonaem Mohamed; Aziza Ahmed Attia; Amel Ahmed Hassan Omran; HendAbd Allah Elsayed Afifi. "Traditional Practices Self Reported by Nursing Students to Relieve Dysmenorrhea". Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 11, 1, 2020, 176-190. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.74777
HARVARD
Mohamed, E. A. E., Ahmed Attia, A., Hassan Omran, A. A., Elsayed Afifi, H. A. (2020). 'Traditional Practices Self Reported by Nursing Students to Relieve Dysmenorrhea', Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 11(1), pp. 176-190. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.74777
VANCOUVER
Mohamed, E. A. E., Ahmed Attia, A., Hassan Omran, A. A., Elsayed Afifi, H. A. Traditional Practices Self Reported by Nursing Students to Relieve Dysmenorrhea. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2020; 11(1): 176-190. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.74777