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Dysmenorrhea among secondary school students in Tanah Merah Kelantan: a comparative study on knowledge and impact

Dysmenorrhea is one of the common gynecologic complaints in adolescent girls seen in primary care. The purposes of this study are to identify the comparison of dysmenorrhea among the urban and rural secondary school students in Tanah Merah, Kelantan. The respondents were selected through a purpos...

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Main Author: Shamsuddin, Siti Atikah Md
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia 2013
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RC Internal medicine
RG Gynecology and obstetrics
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spelling my.usm.eprints.56510 http://eprints.usm.my/56510/ Dysmenorrhea among secondary school students in Tanah Merah Kelantan: a comparative study on knowledge and impact Shamsuddin, Siti Atikah Md RC Internal medicine RG Gynecology and obstetrics Dysmenorrhea is one of the common gynecologic complaints in adolescent girls seen in primary care. The purposes of this study are to identify the comparison of dysmenorrhea among the urban and rural secondary school students in Tanah Merah, Kelantan. The respondents were selected through a purposive sampling that meets the inclusion criteria for this study which are 200 female secondaiy school students from both urban and rural area schools. Data was collected consisted of four main sections which are a combination of self-developed and already validated questionnaires. It comprises of the impact of menstruation by using Menstrual Attitude Questionaire (MAQ) that consists of 13 questions, menstruation history of the respondent and also mother’s history that consists of 11 questions and the menstrual knowledge by using the Menstrual Knowledge Questionaire (MKQ) that comprises of 14 questions. Significant associations were found in level of dysmenorrhea between urban and rural school with the p value is <0.001 and also in level of knowledge between urban and rural female secondary school students with the p value is 0.03. The independent t test and correlations test were performed to analyze the associations. Nurses need this understanding as a guideline in the planning of a more effective, strategic screening program among female adolescents and to treat them according to their setting of environment. Universiti Sains Malaysia 2013-06 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/56510/1/SITI%20ATIKAH%20BINTI%20MD%20SHASUDDIN%20-%20e.pdf Shamsuddin, Siti Atikah Md (2013) Dysmenorrhea among secondary school students in Tanah Merah Kelantan: a comparative study on knowledge and impact. Other. Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Submitted)
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Shamsuddin, Siti Atikah Md
Dysmenorrhea among secondary school students in Tanah Merah Kelantan: a comparative study on knowledge and impact
description Dysmenorrhea is one of the common gynecologic complaints in adolescent girls seen in primary care. The purposes of this study are to identify the comparison of dysmenorrhea among the urban and rural secondary school students in Tanah Merah, Kelantan. The respondents were selected through a purposive sampling that meets the inclusion criteria for this study which are 200 female secondaiy school students from both urban and rural area schools. Data was collected consisted of four main sections which are a combination of self-developed and already validated questionnaires. It comprises of the impact of menstruation by using Menstrual Attitude Questionaire (MAQ) that consists of 13 questions, menstruation history of the respondent and also mother’s history that consists of 11 questions and the menstrual knowledge by using the Menstrual Knowledge Questionaire (MKQ) that comprises of 14 questions. Significant associations were found in level of dysmenorrhea between urban and rural school with the p value is <0.001 and also in level of knowledge between urban and rural female secondary school students with the p value is 0.03. The independent t test and correlations test were performed to analyze the associations. Nurses need this understanding as a guideline in the planning of a more effective, strategic screening program among female adolescents and to treat them according to their setting of environment.
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author Shamsuddin, Siti Atikah Md
author_facet Shamsuddin, Siti Atikah Md
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title Dysmenorrhea among secondary school students in Tanah Merah Kelantan: a comparative study on knowledge and impact
title_short Dysmenorrhea among secondary school students in Tanah Merah Kelantan: a comparative study on knowledge and impact
title_full Dysmenorrhea among secondary school students in Tanah Merah Kelantan: a comparative study on knowledge and impact
title_fullStr Dysmenorrhea among secondary school students in Tanah Merah Kelantan: a comparative study on knowledge and impact
title_full_unstemmed Dysmenorrhea among secondary school students in Tanah Merah Kelantan: a comparative study on knowledge and impact
title_sort dysmenorrhea among secondary school students in tanah merah kelantan: a comparative study on knowledge and impact
publisher Universiti Sains Malaysia
publishDate 2013
url http://eprints.usm.my/56510/1/SITI%20ATIKAH%20BINTI%20MD%20SHASUDDIN%20-%20e.pdf
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