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Jun: A Study on Menstrual Symptoms, Coping and Relief of Symptoms in Female College Students
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Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing

Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing 2003; 9(2): 161-169.

Published online: 29 May 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2003.9.2.161

A Study on Menstrual Symptoms, Coping and Relief of Symptoms in Female College Students

Eun Mi Jun1

1Part time instructor, Department of Nursing, Pochon CHA University, Korea.

Received 25 April 2003       Accepted 30 May 2003

Copyright © 2003 Korean Academy of Women's Health Nursing

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify menstrual symptoms, coping and Relief of Symptoms used by female college students. A convenience sample of 202 students were obtained from two colleges in Seoul. Data were collected through questionnaires from September 10 to December 18, 2001, Three instruments were used in this study, the Menstrual Symptoms Questionnaire by Park K. R(1988) and Menstrual Coping Questionnaire and Relief of Symptoms by Billings & Moos (1981) modified for this study.
The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics ,t-test, ANOVA with the SPSS 10.0 program.
The result of this study are as follows.

  1. Prevalence rate of dysmenorrhea was 91.6%.

  2. The total mean score for menstrual symptoms was 1.89 of a possible total of 5 and mean score for each category was, 2.26 for water retention, 2.11 for negative affect, 2.02 for pain, 1.83 behavioral change, 1.69 for autonomic reactions, and 1.53 for concentration.

  3. According to the result of this study, statistical differences were found for age (F=3.76, p=0.01), menstrual fear (t=2.02, p=0.04), dysmenorrhea (t=7.73, p=0.02), and taking medication (t=5.95, p=0.00).

  4. The coping mode with the highest scores were rest and go to bed (83.7%), regard mensturation as a physiological and temporary phenomenon (68.3%), take a warm shower (66.8%). The most frequently used methods to relief of symptoms were take pain killers (99.9%), to apply hot water bag on painful parts of the body (96.6%) and rest and go to bed (88.8%).

Keywords: Female college students, Menstrual symptoms, Menstrual coping and relief of symptoms

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