OBJECTIVE The study aimed to determine the prevalence of dysmenorrhea in female adolescents living in Tbilisi, Georgia; find possible risk factors and establish an association, if any, with nutrition and sleep hygiene. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was used. A retrospective case control study was used to identify risk factors. PARTICIPANTS A total of 2561 women consented to p...

Purpose Primary dysmenorrhea is highly prevalent among adolescent women and a major cause of activity restriction. Standard pharmaceuticals for dysmenorrhea have side effects that may limit their use. Acupoint injection of vitamin K has been used to treat dysmenorrhea at the Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital in Shanghai, China since at least 1985. The purpose of this study was to examine feasibi...

The objective was to evaluate the prevalence of dysmenorrhea and determine its effect on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among a group of female university students. This cross-sectional study was conducted between 15 March and 15 April 2009 at Dumlupinar University, Kutahya, Health High School, Western Turkey. The study group included 623 female students. The severity of dysmenorrhea wa...

Primary dysmenorrhea is one of the most common complains and gynecological problem worldwide among young female girls. A cross sectional descriptive study was implemented on 188 nursing students at Assuit University, Egypt. The main aim was to determine the prevalence of dysmenorrhea and its impact on the quality of life, particularly absenteeism from college. Data were collected through self-s...

Background: Dysmenorrhea is a frequent gynecological condition associated with painful cramping of uterine origin. Pain of severe dysmenorrhea is associated with restriction of activity and absence from the workplace. The causative stressors and impact of dysmenorrhea on quality of life have been enunciated rarely in a Pakistani setup. Objectives: To study relationship of primary dysmenorrhea w...

Dysmenorrhea in adolescents is a very common problem that can be either primary or secondary. Primary dysmenorrhea is a condition that is characterized by cyclic lower abdominal painful cramps, nausea and vomiting. Secondary dysmenorrhea is usually caused by endometriosis and patients usually present with both cyclic and acyclic lower abdominal pain. The management of primary dysmenorrhea mainl...

PURPOSE This study aimed to describe treatment patterns and estimate health care resource utilization and associated costs among Japanese women with dysmenorrhea, using a claims database. METHODS This was a retrospective analysis using health insurance data from the Japan Medical Data Center, assessing female patients aged 18-49 years with newly diagnosed primary or secondary dysmenorrhea. Tr...

Background Dysmenorrhea is a frequent and misdiagnosed symptom affecting the quality of life in young women. A working ability, location, intensity, days of pain, dysmenorrhea (WaLIDD) score was designed to diagnose dysmenorrhea and to predict medical leave. Methods This cross-sectional design included young medical students, who completed a self-administered questionnaire that contained the ...

Dysmenorrhea in adolescents is a very common problem that can be either primary or secondary. Primary dysmenorrhea is a condition that is characterized by cyclic lower abdominal painful cramps, nausea and vomiting. Secondary dysmenorrhea is usually caused by endometriosis and patients usually present with both cyclic and acyclic lower abdominal pain. The management of primary dysmenorrhea mainl...

Dysmenorrhea is the most common gynecological disorder in Background: young women and is seen in almost 50% of women. The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between physical activity and nutrition with primary dysmenorrhea in students at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (Sari, Iran) in 2015. This comparative descriptive study was conducted on 250 students Metho...