Impact of dysmenorrheal among sample of female students in Tikrit University at 2008

S. Tawfeek, Ruqiya

	Impact of dysmenorrheal among sample of female students in Tikrit University at 2008
Medical Journal of Tikrit
Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 142, 2016, Pages 127-130
Author
Ruqiya S. Tawfeek
Abstract
Dysmenorrhoea is menstrual condition characterized by pain and a frequent menstrual cramp associated with menstruation. It is a leading cause of recurrent short-term college absence in female students and a common problem in women of reproductive age. This cross-sectional study with cluster sampling technique was done on 377 female’s students in Tikrit University from 15th February to 15th of May 2008, directed to identify the prevalence of dysmenorrhoea among students, characteristics of this condition like severity of pain, drugs used to relieve pain, and to identify the absenteeism rate from colleges. The results of this study revealed that 38.5% of students experienced dysmenorrhoea (mild form 15.2%, 46.3% of moderate and 38.5% sever form of pain) and about 22% of female students with dysmenorrhoea did not used medication while 51.9% used analgesia anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic drugs. Absenteeism rate from college during menstruation account 63% mother dysmenorrhora is 52.8% of the students with dysmenorrhoea while only 29% of students without dysmenorrhoea significant predictor of dysmenorrhoea were irregular, long cycle and heavy bleeding. There is a gap of knowledge about dysmenorrheal as a normal physiology and there is a bad traditional believes and attitudes towards this condition regarding the effect of drugs used for treatment of dysmenorrheal on future reproductive life as a cause of infertility
Keywords
Impact of dysmenorrheal among sample of female students in Tikrit University at; dysmenorrheal

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