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Interference and Impact of Dysmenorrhea on the Life of Spanish Nursing Students
Dysmenorrhea is a cause of absenteeism in universities which, in the context of nursing studies, may affect mandatory attendance. Moreover, presenteeism is associated with medication errors, patient falls, and a reduced quality of patient care. This study sought to identify the degree of interferenc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7559731/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32899505 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186473 |
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author | Abreu-Sánchez, Ana Ruiz-Castillo, Javier Onieva-Zafra, María Dolores Parra-Fernández, María Laura Fernández-Martínez, Elia |
author_facet | Abreu-Sánchez, Ana Ruiz-Castillo, Javier Onieva-Zafra, María Dolores Parra-Fernández, María Laura Fernández-Martínez, Elia |
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description | Dysmenorrhea is a cause of absenteeism in universities which, in the context of nursing studies, may affect mandatory attendance. Moreover, presenteeism is associated with medication errors, patient falls, and a reduced quality of patient care. This study sought to identify the degree of interference of dysmenorrhea on daily life and its impact on academic performance among Spanish nursing students, and to explore the reasons for presenteeism. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 261 nursing students. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. The chi square tests, chi-square linear trend, Student’s t-test, one-way analysis of variance of polynomial contrasts, and post hoc tests for the bi-variate analysis were used to compare the participants’ responses regarding their type of dysmenorrhea and pain intensity. In addition, a multivariate regression was performed to predict absenteeism. The answers to the open questions were analyzed using thematic content analysis techniques. We observed 62.8% of absenteeism and 92.7% of presenteeism due to dysmenorrhea. Absenteeism was observed to be 3.079 (confidence interval (CI): 95%1.724–5.499; p < 0.001) times more likely among women with severe menstrual pain, 2.513 (CI 95%1.314–4.807; p = 0.005) times more in those suffering from menstrual nausea and 1.936 (CI 95%1.098–3.411; p = 0.022) times more frequent in those suffering from diarrhea. The reasons for presenteeism were grouped into five categories: the pain was bearable, it is not a reason to be absent, others don’t consider it a reason to be absent, responsibility and guilt, and academic consequences. Dysmenorrhea can have a significant impact on academic performance. The concern among students about the academic repercussions and even feelings of guilt and incomprehension from others leads to high rates of presenteeism with potentially negative consequences for patient care. |
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spelling | pubmed-75597312020-10-29 Interference and Impact of Dysmenorrhea on the Life of Spanish Nursing Students Abreu-Sánchez, Ana Ruiz-Castillo, Javier Onieva-Zafra, María Dolores Parra-Fernández, María Laura Fernández-Martínez, Elia Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Dysmenorrhea is a cause of absenteeism in universities which, in the context of nursing studies, may affect mandatory attendance. Moreover, presenteeism is associated with medication errors, patient falls, and a reduced quality of patient care. This study sought to identify the degree of interference of dysmenorrhea on daily life and its impact on academic performance among Spanish nursing students, and to explore the reasons for presenteeism. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 261 nursing students. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. The chi square tests, chi-square linear trend, Student’s t-test, one-way analysis of variance of polynomial contrasts, and post hoc tests for the bi-variate analysis were used to compare the participants’ responses regarding their type of dysmenorrhea and pain intensity. In addition, a multivariate regression was performed to predict absenteeism. The answers to the open questions were analyzed using thematic content analysis techniques. We observed 62.8% of absenteeism and 92.7% of presenteeism due to dysmenorrhea. Absenteeism was observed to be 3.079 (confidence interval (CI): 95%1.724–5.499; p < 0.001) times more likely among women with severe menstrual pain, 2.513 (CI 95%1.314–4.807; p = 0.005) times more in those suffering from menstrual nausea and 1.936 (CI 95%1.098–3.411; p = 0.022) times more frequent in those suffering from diarrhea. The reasons for presenteeism were grouped into five categories: the pain was bearable, it is not a reason to be absent, others don’t consider it a reason to be absent, responsibility and guilt, and academic consequences. Dysmenorrhea can have a significant impact on academic performance. The concern among students about the academic repercussions and even feelings of guilt and incomprehension from others leads to high rates of presenteeism with potentially negative consequences for patient care. MDPI 2020-09-05 2020-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7559731/ /pubmed/32899505 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186473 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Abreu-Sánchez, Ana Ruiz-Castillo, Javier Onieva-Zafra, María Dolores Parra-Fernández, María Laura Fernández-Martínez, Elia Interference and Impact of Dysmenorrhea on the Life of Spanish Nursing Students |
title | Interference and Impact of Dysmenorrhea on the Life of Spanish Nursing Students |
title_full | Interference and Impact of Dysmenorrhea on the Life of Spanish Nursing Students |
title_fullStr | Interference and Impact of Dysmenorrhea on the Life of Spanish Nursing Students |
title_full_unstemmed | Interference and Impact of Dysmenorrhea on the Life of Spanish Nursing Students |
title_short | Interference and Impact of Dysmenorrhea on the Life of Spanish Nursing Students |
title_sort | interference and impact of dysmenorrhea on the life of spanish nursing students |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7559731/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32899505 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186473 |
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