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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Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Other) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | The purposes of this study are to identify the comparison of dysmenorrhea among the urban and rural secondary school students in Tanah Merah, Kelantan. |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics |
| Divisions: | Kampus Kesihatan (Health Campus) > Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan (School of Health Sciences) > Monograph |
| Depositing User: | Mr Husnan Budin |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2023 02:20 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Feb 2023 08:35 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/56510 |
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