Premenstrual syndrome and factors associated with it among secondary and preparatory school students in Debremarkos town, North-west Ethiopia, 2016

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess the magnitude of premenstrual syndrome and its associated factors among secondary school students in Debremarkos, North west Ethiopia. RESULTS: Premenstrual syndrome was reported by 81.3% of the participants. Statistically significant association wa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Abeje, Abebaw, Berhanu, Zerihun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Research Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6704556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31439036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4549-9
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess the magnitude of premenstrual syndrome and its associated factors among secondary school students in Debremarkos, North west Ethiopia. RESULTS: Premenstrual syndrome was reported by 81.3% of the participants. Statistically significant association was observed between the occurrence of PMS and age, AOR (CI) 1.20 (1.01, 1.44), involving in heavy non-academic duties, AOR 95% (CI)  2.13 (1.17, 3.89), early menarche (< 12 years), AOR (95% CI) 2.68 (1.32, 5.47) and long menstrual cycles (> 35 days), AOR (95% CI) 0.13 (0.02, 0.75).

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