Prevalence of Menstrual Problems among Adolescent School Girls in Rural Tamil Nadu

Ravi, Rama; Shah, Pankaj B.; Gopal, Palani; Edward, Shanthi; Sathiyasekaran, B.W.C.

doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2015.10.016

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“…Studies have shown that the prevalence of dysmenorrhea decreases with increasing age and this may be the reason for lower prevalence in our study. One-fourth of the women in our study had menorrhagia, and it ranged between 6% and 46%[181920] in previous studies from India. The reason for this wide variation may be the use of selected groups of women in these studies and the absence of a universally accepted method of defining dysmenorrhea and menorrhagia.…”

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Menstrual disorders and quality of life of women in an urban area of Puducherry: A community-based cross-sectional study

Laksham

Selvaraj

Kar

2019

J Family Med Prim Care

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Background: Menstrual disorders are common among women in reproductive age group and affect their normal functioning and social life. Due to cultural reasons, menstrual problems often get unreported. In India, the literature on the effect of menstrual disorders on the quality of life (QOL) of women is limited. Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of menorrhagia and dysmenorrhea among women in an urban field practice area and to compare their QOL with women without menstrual disorders. Methods: This is a community-based cross-sectional study among women who have attained menarche and not yet attained menopause in an urban field practice area of a tertiary care teaching institute in Puducherry. Households were selected by systematic random sampling, and a door-to-door survey was done using an Android-based mobile phone app Epi Info. A pretested questionnaire was used for collection of sociodemographic details. QOL was measured using World Health Organization BREF scale. Results: A total of 119 women were interviewed, and their mean (standard deviation) age was 33 (10) years. The majority was homemakers (63%), belonging to lower socioeconomic status (60%) and one-fifth had no formal education. The prevalence of dysmenorrhea was 45% [95% confidence interval (CI): 36.6%–54.4%] and that of menorrhagia was 17% (95% CI: 11.6%–25.3%). QOL in women with dysmenorrhea was poor compared with normal women in physical, psychological, social, and environmental domains (mean score 57.9 vs. 69.7, P < 0.001). Conclusions: Prevalence of dysmenorrhea and menorrhagia is comparatively high in this study area. QOL of women with these disorders was poor.

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Menstrual disorders and quality of life of women in an urban area of Puducherry: A community-based cross-sectional study

Laksham

Selvaraj

Kar

2019

J Family Med Prim Care

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“…Whilst there has been increased focus on the importance of incorporating menstrual hygiene management (MHM) within health promotion interventions aiming to address water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) challenges, there is a need to develop a better understanding of what approaches are effective and in which contexts. This is an issue of substantial public health importance, given that adolescent girls especially, may face a variety of MHM-related health and social challenges such as urinary tract infections, reproductive tract infections, social stigma, shame, and school absenteeism (Das et al, 2015 ; McMahon et al, 2011 ; Priya et al, 2016 ; Ravi et al, 2016 ; P. Sharma et al, 2008 ) pertaining to insufficient puberty education, sanitation coverage, and access to menstrual absorbent materials (Hennegan et al, 2019 ; Sahin et al, 2015 ; Sommer et al, 2013 ). The development of effective health promotion interventions to address MHM, includes menstrual education and access to absorbents, soap, clean water, and private sanitation facilities (toilets and place for absorbent disposal) (Sommer & Sahin, 2013 ).…”

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A qualitative study of adolescent girls’ experiences of menarche and menstruation in rural Tamil Nadu, India

Gold-Watts

Hovdenak

Daniel

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International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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“…Based on the previous published literature, the prevalence of menstrual problems was found to be 87.7% in Tamil Nadu. 2 At 95% confidence limits and 5% relative precision, the sample size was calculated as 215.5. Accounting 10% for nonresponse, the final sample size was arrived at 236 and was rounded off to 240.…”

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“…The prevalence of menstrual problems in a developing country like India is as high as 87.7% among the adolescent girls. 2 Majority of these menstrual problems stems from lack of awareness towards menstruation and poor menstrual hygiene practices. Studies have shown that poor menstrual hygiene practices in terms of using unhygienic absorbent materials, poor hand washing practices were highly prevalent in India.…”

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Menstrual hygiene and their predictors among school going adolescent girls in Tamil Nadu

Subburaj¹,

Rajkumar²

2021

IJOGR

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The prevalence of menstrual problems is high during adolescence according to published literature. It is essential to determine the menstrual hygiene practices among the adolescent girls and their predictors so as to ascertain the modalities for prevention of menstrual problems. The present study was conducted to evaluate the menstrual problems, menstrual hygiene and their risk factors.This cross-sectional study was carried out among 244 school going adolescent girls in the field practice area of our institution. The participants were selected using two stage sampling. A structured interview schedule was used to obtain information regarding the demographic details, menstrual problems and menstrual hygiene. The data was entered and analyzed using SPSS software. Chi square test was used to analyze the statistical significance.The present study showed a high prevalence for dysmenorrhea (75.4%). About 72.1% of the participants consume over-the-counter medicines for menstrual problems. Majority of the participants (92.2%) use sanitary napkins as absorbent materials. Only 22.1% of the participants wash their genitalia with soap and water during menstruation. About 10.2% of the participants do not take bath during menstruation. Age was a significant risk factor for menstrual hygiene (p<0.05).The present study has emphasized on the need for creating awareness during the early adolescent age in order to inculcate hygienic menstrual practices. It is essential to make sanitary napkins available and affordable in the lower income groups. Moreover, there is a growing need to incorporate adolescent specific health services in the public health system.

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Prevalence of Menstrual Problems among Adolescent School Girls in Rural Tamil Nadu

Cited by 19 publications

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Menstrual disorders and quality of life of women in an urban area of Puducherry: A community-based cross-sectional study

Menstrual disorders and quality of life of women in an urban area of Puducherry: A community-based cross-sectional study

A qualitative study of adolescent girls’ experiences of menarche and menstruation in rural Tamil Nadu, India

Menstrual hygiene and their predictors among school going adolescent girls in Tamil Nadu

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