Dysmenorrhea is highly prevalent among adolescent secondary-school girls and is associated with school absenteeism and limitations on social and academic activities. Given that most adolescents do not seek medical advice for dysmenorrhea, healthcare providers should screen routinely for dysmenorrhea and offer treatment. As dysmenorrhea reportedly affects school performance, school administrators may have a vested interest in providing health education on this topic to their students. Health education has to be supplemented by availability of other services such as consultation with school nurse and school physician and availability of drugs that alleviate pain.

Background: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGID), characterized by abdominal pain or discomfort and alteration in bowel habits. Aim of the study: To determine the overall prevalence, prevalence of each type and risk factors of IBS among Northern Border University (NBU) students, Arar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Material and methods: We use cross sectional, descriptive study with multistage cluster probability sample. Using Rome III criteria questionnaire of IBS; which is a self-administrated consists of ten questions assessing the current status of an apparently normal person. The questionnaire is administrated to Northern Border University students. Results: A total of 228 University students of them, 94 (41.2%) males and 134 (58.8%) females were included in the study. The overall prevalence of IBS according to Rome III criteria in northern border University was (32.5%). The disease prevalence was 33.6% in females and 30.9% in males. Among the study participants, the most common type of IBS was the mixed one 12.7%, followed by the constipation predominant type 10.5%, then the diarrhea predominant type 5.7% while the least common was un-subtyped cases (3.5%). Statistically significant increase in prevalence of this disease was found among female students (60.8% vs. 39.2% in males) (p-value < 0.05), the students who experienced psychic stress and irritability (79.7%) (p-value < 0.05) and students who were obese (p-value ˂ 0.001). Conclusion: The results * Corresponding author.N. M. A. of this study concluded the prevalence rate of 32.5% for IBS among the students studying in Northern Border University. Stress and high body mass index were significantly associated with IBS. In addition, this study concluded that IBS was not significantly associated with socio-demographic characteristics and smoking.

Background: Recent studies have shown an increase in prevalence of different types of headache among students all over the world. Objective: To determine the prevalence of, triggering and associated factors primary headaches among medical students with the aim of increasing awareness about this particular health issue. Participants and Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from September to December 2019 on 196 students, college of medicine, Northern Border University (NBU). Results: A one hundred and nighty six student participants, their mean age was 21.73 ±15.6 with prevalence of headache 88.7% among them. headache participants aged 22 years and younger accounting for 88.7% compared to 88.9% for those aged more than 22 years with statistically insignificant finding. The study revealed that, 100% of the female participants reported headache compared to 80% of males with statistically significant results (p<0.001), OR 0.8 (0.72-0.87). Higher grade group (more than 3rd year) reported headache 92.4% compared to 85.6% for lower grade group (3rd and less) but the difference was statistically none significant. Regarding effect of BMI on headache prevalence among our Participants showed, those with normal weight were insignificantly more likely to suffer from headache 90.6% compared to overweight and obese 85.5% p>0.05. Most common cited triggering factors were sleep disturbance (86.2%), noise exposure (83.3%), over study (81.6%) and fatigue (75.9%), More than two thirds (69%) mentioned anxiety. More than half (60.9%) reported bright light and hunger sensation (59.8%). more than two thirds (72.4%) of the participants had social troubles in the last year. Most of the participants (60.9%) received analgesics for headache and physician was the source of advice in 33% Conclusion: Primary headache is highly prevalent among medical students with female predominant which was mainly related to sleep disturbance, noise exposure, over study, fatigue, hunger sensation. social troubles reported in more than two thirds of headache participants and Most of the participants (60.9%) received analgesics for headache and physician was the source of advice in 33% only. Keyword: Prevalence, Headache, headache characteristics, triggering factors, associated symptoms.

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