TY  - JOUR
T1  - Knowledge and Prevalence of Primary Dysmenorrhea among
Female University Students
AU - Al-Jashamy, Karim AU - Irfan, Mohammed AU - Yasmin Bt Abdul Kadir, Samiah AU - Appalanaidu, Vinothini AU - Mohamed, Rohaini AU - Nazmul, M.H.M. AU - S. Sabet, Negar AU - R. Doustjalali, Saeid AU - Muftah, AE AU - El Sersi, Magdi AU - Angel, Wong AU - A/P Sathiamoorthy, Priyatharisini AU - M. Kolahloo, Hamed AU - Nur Zamzuri, Fadzlette AU - A.B. Mat Noor, Ayunie AU - Htet @ Nora, Htet AU - Taha Khalaf, Ahmad AU - Bhuiyan, Munira 
JO  - Research Journal of Medical Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 3
SP  - 57
EP  - 62
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-9346
DO  - rjmsci.2018.57.62
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjmsci.2018.57.62
KW  - university students
KW  -female
KW  -primary dysmenorrhea
KW  -knowledge
KW  -experienced
KW  -Prevalence
AB  - Dysmenorrhea is one of the common gynaecological problems experienced by most of the adolescent
and young adult girls. This study was to evaluate the knowledge and determine the prevalence of primary
dysmenorrhoea among female university students. This is a descriptive, cross sectional study conducted in
2014 at SEGi University, Kota Damansara. A total of 200 participants were randomly selected from the medical
and non-medical faculties. The data were collected using questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS Version 22.0. The
study showed that the prevalence of primary dysmenorrhoea among the students was 103 (51.5%) where the
primary dysmenorrhoea among female medical and non-medical was 53 and 50%, respectively. In terms of
knowledge about primary dysmenorrhoea, 39% of medical students and 24% of non-medical agree that body
mass index is a risk factor while smoking and drinking alcohol showed 55 and 45%, respectively as a risk factor
of primary dysmenorrhoea. On the other hand, psychological stress factor confirmed by 83% of medical
students and 53% of non-medical students answered that psychological stress is correlated to primary
dysmenorrhoea. In conclusion, the prevalence of primary dysmenorrhoea is very common in this study. The
level of knowledge was shown lower, especially in the non-medical students. The results of this study showed
the overall of primary dysmenorrhoea prevalence 51.5% and majority of medical student showed better
knowledge about primary dysmenorrhoea. However, this study also has shown that there is lack of health
education and may need programs in order to improve the knowledge and decrease the incidence of primary
dysmenorrhoea.
ER  -