Correlating Symptoms of Dysmenorrhea and PERIOD-QOL Among Adolescent Girls

Abstract

Introduction: The health of every woman, adolescent, adult is deeply rooted on her menstrual health which is governed by numerous factors aligning with the holistic health. These factors coincide with daily life activities of education, societal relations and exchanges and psychological health. In the age of girls attending school and college these factors take precedence above overall health as menstruation comes with its challenges of morbidity with symptoms such as pain lower region of the abdomen, heavy bleeding, signs and symptoms of pre-menstruation which gives rise to disbalance of normal daily activities versus the phase of menstruation. When the adolescent group of girls including young women are pacing with life activities facing these symptoms of monthly blood flow lasting between 4-5 days has impact on their everyday activities of studies, co-curricular work and emotional life. They are a crucial period of life where such kind of physiological change which is inevitable starting hampering life activities and choices. Statistics reveal that about 90% of the adolescent age group of girls are affected by this during some period of their life cycle. These symptoms are accompanied by irritation without no specific cause, fear of being judged, discomfort at various occasions, and all this can have a substantial effect on their life which is termed as Quality-Of-Life.
Purpose: To correlate the symptoms of dysmenorrhea and PERIOD-Q-O-L among adolescent girls
Materials and Methods: A quantitative, Correlational Survey-Research Design was adopted. 100 samples were selected using non-probability purposive sampling. Data was gathered related to demography and symptoms of dysmenorrhea .Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: The symptoms of dysmenorrhea among subjects, which specify that abdominal cramps (93%) are the most prevalent symptom of dysmenorrhea, followed by lower back pain and mood disturbances (70% each), with moderate occurrence of fatigue, bloating, and systemic symptoms, while gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea and vomiting are comparatively less common. Results also indicated that indicates that dysmenorrhea significantly affects certain physical, psychological, & social aspects of life, with determined issues such as low confidence, hygiene concerns, and lack of concentration, alongside frequent disruptions in daily activities, sleep, and social interactions.”
The overall P-Q-O-L score was 29.8 out of 60, which falls under the ‘Good P-Q-O-L’ category, indicating a moderate impact of menstrual symptoms on the quality of life of the respondents.”
Conclusion: Majority of participants had Moderate QOL (61%) Overall, the quality of life among participants is mostly moderate, with a small proportion experiencing severe impairment. Mean = 29.8 & SD = 6.7 which represents the average dysmenorrhea severity score suggesting a moderate level variability among participants, r = 0.204 which shows Correlation coefficient indicating weak positive correlation, as it is seen that severity of dysmenorrhea increases, QOL tends to worsen slightly, but not depicting strongly.p = 0.041 ,Since p < 0.05, the result is statistically significant , there exists an association between dysmenorrhea severity and QOL