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Prevalence and Predictors of Dysmenorrhea, Its Effect, and Coping Mechanisms among Adolescents in Shai Osudoku District, Ghana
المؤلفون المشاركون
Liu, Aizhong
Kaminga, Atipatsa C.
Acheampong, Kwabena
Ganu, Daniel
Appiah, Stella
Pan, Xiongfeng
Baffour-Awuah, Dorothy
المصدر
Obstetrics and Gynecology International
العدد
المجلد 2019، العدد 2019 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2019)، ص ص. 1-7، 7ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2019-05-20
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
7
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Background.
Dysmenorrhea has been the most common gynecological problem worldwide.
Reports of dysmenorrhea are greatest among individuals in their late teens and 20s and usually declining with age.
It has also been reported that dysmenorrhea affects more than 80% of women in the reproductive age.
The study objective was to examine the predictors of dysmenorrhea, its effect, and coping mechanisms among adolescents in Shai Osudoku District, Ghana.
Methods.
We conducted a cross-sectional study in September and November 2017 in selected schools in Shai Osudoku District, Ghana.
We employed self-administered questionnaire to obtain data from adolescents volunteered to participate in the study.
We analyzed the data using the SPSS programme IBM version 20.
We used the Pearson chi-square test and multiple logistic regression analysis to assess the association between exposure variables and the outcome variable.
The odds ratio was reported to establish the risk of dysmenorrhea at a confidence interval of 95%, and statistical significance was assumed at p<0.05.
Results.
The prevalence of dysmenorrhea was 68.1% (95% CI, 65.0–72.0) with one-third recounting their pain as severe.
The pain during menstruation negatively influences the daily physical activities (22.5%), school attendance (6.9%), concentration during classes’ hours (27.9%), and academic performance (31.1%) of the respondents.
Besides, adolescents who do not live with their parent experienced a 53.1% increase in odds of self-reporting dysmenorrhea (AOR, 1.53 (95% CI, 1.02–2.23)).
Similarly, respondents who had irregular menstrual cycle experienced a 72.5% increase in odds of self-reporting dysmenorrhea (AOR, 1.73 (95% CI, 1.16–2.57)).
Finally, a significant association between irregular menstrual cycle (p<0.01), not lived with their parent (p<0.04), and self-reported dysmenorrhea was found.
Conclusion.
This study establishes that dysmenorrhea is high among adolescents in Shai Osudoku District which negatively affects the daily activity of majority of them.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Acheampong, Kwabena& Baffour-Awuah, Dorothy& Ganu, Daniel& Appiah, Stella& Pan, Xiongfeng& Kaminga, Atipatsa C.…[et al.]. 2019. Prevalence and Predictors of Dysmenorrhea, Its Effect, and Coping Mechanisms among Adolescents in Shai Osudoku District, Ghana. Obstetrics and Gynecology International،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1201832
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Acheampong, Kwabena…[et al.]. Prevalence and Predictors of Dysmenorrhea, Its Effect, and Coping Mechanisms among Adolescents in Shai Osudoku District, Ghana. Obstetrics and Gynecology International No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1201832
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Acheampong, Kwabena& Baffour-Awuah, Dorothy& Ganu, Daniel& Appiah, Stella& Pan, Xiongfeng& Kaminga, Atipatsa C.…[et al.]. Prevalence and Predictors of Dysmenorrhea, Its Effect, and Coping Mechanisms among Adolescents in Shai Osudoku District, Ghana. Obstetrics and Gynecology International. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1201832
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1201832
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