出版社：Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine, Gujarat
摘要：Background: Menstrual pain without organic pathology is considered to be primary dysmenorrhoea. The onset of primary dysmenorrhoea is usually at or shortly after (6 to 12 months) menarche, when ovulatory cycles are established. The true incidence and prevalence of primary dysmenorrhea are not clearly established in India. A dysmenorrhea incidence of 33.5% among adolescent girls in India was reported by some researchers. Objective: to find out prevalence of primary dysmenorrhea in young females.Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at Nursing College, situated in campus of largest tertiary care hospital in central and south Gujarat. Study was conducted by Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the institute. All students of first year (n=116) were selected and asked about their menstrual history, menstrual pain and associated symptoms through written questionnaire. Per abdomen and ultrasonographic examination was carried out for those having dysmenorrhea by gynecologist. Any abnormal finding was noted and that student was excluded. Statistics: chi square, chi square for trends, fisher exact test and prevalence rate. Results & Conclusion: out of 116 students, 52 (45%) had primary dysmenorrheal and majority (46) of these, had regular menstrual cycles. BMI and ovarian volume did not demonstrate any significant association with presence of dysmenorrhea and regular menstrual cycles
关键词：primary dysmenorrhea; young ;girls; prevalence rate; India
