Impact of Menstrual Attitudes, Premenstrual Syndrome, and Stress Response on Quality of Life among Nursing Students

Hee Jin Jang; Mi-Hae Sung

doi:10.4069/kjwhn.2018.24.4.346

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Jang and Sung: Impact of Menstrual Attitudes, Premenstrual Syndrome, and Stress Response on Quality of Life among Nursing Students

Original Article

Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing 2018; 24(4): 346-354.

Published online: 20 December 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2018.24.4.346

Impact of Menstrual Attitudes, Premenstrual Syndrome, and Stress Response on Quality of Life among Nursing Students

Hee Jin Jang¹

, Mi-Hae Sung²

¹Nurse, Haeundae Baik Hospital, Busan, Korea.

²College of Medicine, Department of Nursing · Institute of Health Science, Inje University, Busan, Korea.

Corresponding author: Sung, Mi-Hae. College of Medicine, Department of Nursing, Inje University, 75 bokji-ro, Busanjin-gu, Busan 47392, Korea. Tel: +82-51-890-6825, Fax: +82-51-896-9840, nursmh@inje.ac.kr

Received 27 August 2018 Revised 20 September 2018 Accepted 7 November 2018

Korean Society of Women Health Nursing

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Abstract

Purpose

To identify effects of menstrual attitude, premenstrual syndrome, and stress response on quality of life of nursing students.

Methods

Subjects were 135 nursing students who agreed to participate in this study. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and stepwise multiple regression.

Results

Premenstrual syndrome, younger than 20 years of age, and habit of eating bland food in everyday life were factors influencing quality of life of nursing students. These factors accounted for 17.6% of quality of life. Premenstrual syndrome toward quality of life was the most influential factor.

Conclusion

Premenstrual syndrome is the most significant factor affecting the quality of life of nursing students. To increase their quality of life, it is important to develop and apply educational programs using factors influencing quality of life of the nursing students. Results of this study will be useful as basic data for improving quality of life of nursing students. Additional study is needed to test its effect in the future.

Keywords: Nursing students, Quality of life, Attitudes, Premenstrual syndrome, Stress

Figures and Tables

Table 1

General and Menstruation-related Characteristics of Subjects (N=135)

Table 2

Degree of Menstrual Attitude, Premenstrual Syndrome, Stress, and Quality of Life (N=135)

Table 3

Quality of Life according to General and Menstruation-related Characteristics (N=135)

Table 4

Correlation among Menstrual Attitudes, Premenstrual Syndrome, Stress and Quality of Life (N=135)

Table 5

Influencing Factors on Quality of Life (N=135)

Notes

This manuscript is a condensed form of the first author's master's thesis from Inje University.

^{Conflict of Interest} The authors declared no conflict of interest.

Summary Statement

▪ What is already known about this topic?

Quality of life of women who experience premenstrual syndrome is known to be lower in overall areas than that of women who do not have such experience.

▪ What this paper adds?

This study found that premenstrual syndrome, age, and regular eating habits toward quality of life were also related to quality of life of nursing students, among which premenstrual syndrome was the most influential factor.

▪ Implications for practice, education and/or policy

There is a need to decrease premenstrual syndrome to increase nursing students' quality of life.

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Hee Jin Jang
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Mi-Hae Sung
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5769-5857

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