Primary Dysmenorrhea Associated with Psychological Distress in Medical Sciences Students in The North of Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Int J Fertil Steril
; 16(3): 224-229, 2022 Aug 21.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Primary dysmenorrhea is the usual medical status in medical students that are defined as painduring the menstrual period. This study was done to evaluate the psychological problems associated with dysmenorrhea.
Materials and
Methods:
Three hundred forty students aged 18 to 20 years participated in this crosssectionalstudy (194 with dysmenorrhea and 150 without dysmenorrhea). In this crosssectional study, data were collected
through the sociodemographic checklist, the verbal multidimensional scoring system (VMS), and the revised
version of the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90-R) questionnaire using the convenience sampling method. This
questionnaire includes 9 Subscale and a GSI index. We considered psychological distress to be equivalent to
the Global Severity Index (GSI), which is obtained by dividing 90 questions by 90. The significance level of the
tests was considered 0.05.
Results:
The GSI of the SCL-90 score in the 194 students with dysmenorrhea and 150 students without dysmenorrheawas 1.02 ± 0.42 and 0.34 ± 0.15 respectively (P<0.001). In the group with dysmenorrhea, the severity
of dysmenorrhea was significantly associated with a family history of dysmenorrhea and mother's education
(P=0.012 and P=0.037, respectively). The strongest predictors of GSI>1 were a family history of dysmenorrhea
and mother's education [odds ratio (OR)=2.33, 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.43-4.15 and OR=0.45, 95% CI,
0.24-0.87, respectively].
Conclusion:
According to the result, dysmenorrhea is associated with psychological distress. Psychological interventionsand counseling in addition to drug treatment are suggested for treatment of primary dysmenorrhea.
Therefore, it is necessary to formulate strategies and health policies to recover psychological issues of menstrual
health.
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Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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En
Revista:
Int J Fertil Steril
Año:
2022
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Irán