A Survey on Knowledge and Awareness of Dysmenorrhea among the Female Students of East West University

Abstract

Dysmenorrhea is the most common gynecological disorder in women of reproductive age. It is the occurrence of painful cramps during menstruation. The study aims to examine the level of awareness among the educated portion of female population and to investigate knowledge among female students of different study background about signs & symptoms, risk factors, lifestyle modification, and treatment of Dysmenorrhea, to evaluate their perception towards Dysmenorrhea, to assess potential risk factors among the subjects and to determine the level of health concern and attitude to doctor consultation of the subjects. The study was carried out on 300 students of East West University studying in different departments. University Female students aged between 18-26 years old, studying in any department. Male students are excluded from the survey. The duration of the study was about five months that started from June, 2017 up to November, 2017. Among of all the participants 40% of participant said that they had knowledge about dysmenorrhea and 60% of them reported that they didn’t have knowledge about dysmenorrhea. Around 87% of the population thought that it’s manageable, 9% of them thought that it’s not curable and 4% of them thought that that it’s a fatal disease. Among all of the participants 10% had emotional disturbances, 4% had leg cramps, 4% had irritability, 10% had stress, 10% had restlessness, 2% faced fatigue, 7% of them faced sleep problem,6% had headache, 14% had physical discomfort, 9% had bloating in the belly, 1% had constipation, 1% had diarrhea, 3% had vomiting, 5% had nausea, 4% had dizziness and 12% faced abdominal cramps. From this study we see that, the level of knowledge about Dysmenorrhea is not enough. We consider it is necessary to improve knowledge about Dysmenorrhea and upgrading the current health care curricula.