Authors : Jayashree Tirpude, B. H. Tirpude and Shadma Quazi
Page Nos : 36-43
Description :
Adolescent girls facing the problems of menstrual problems and also some serious menstrual syndrome and diseases. It is very alarming situation in India related to the welfare of the society in India. To assess the perception regarding menstruation, its problems and practices during menstrual cycles among females of Nagpur city. This was a cross-sectional descriptive survey. Purposive sampling technique was used for the research purpose. The data collection technique was a personal interview of the study subjects. A predesigned, pretested and structural questionnaire was used in this study. Randomly selected sample size is about 108 girls and women of age between 10-50 years of Nagpur city of mixed population belonging to various communities were employed in this study. In the present study an attempt has been made to find out the menstrual problems and syndromes by questionnaire method and highlight them in result as major findings. Most of the respondents belongs to age in between 10-30 years. Educational level of father was upto higher secondary and above for 32% mother was upto 50% and respondents were upto graduate level and above 77.77%. Almost 75.92% respondents, menarche age was between 12-14 years. 79.62% experiences pain during menstrual period. Pain in abdominal area (57.40%) hip joint area was found to be more common followed by backbone pain. 62.96% respondents did not take any treatment for menstrual problem 19.44% go for treatment to private gynecologist and 6.48% respondents got treatment in government hospital. 32.25% girls skip school due to painful menstrual cycle. Irregular cycle was most common problem and menorrhagia was major menstrual syndrome found in 16.66% amongst girls and women. Most of the respondents’ experiences discomfort during menses and majority of them did not take any treatment for menstrual problems. Irregular cycle was most common problem. Menorrhagia was major menstrual syndrome. Health education regarding menstrual problem is very essential in relieving stress associated with periods importantly. This study found a significantly strong relationship between practices during menstruation and prevalence of reproductive tract infections.
