Perimenstrual sympthoms of Aydin health faculty students and coping methods

OpenAlex · İngilizce

Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to determine the symptoms that Aydin Health College Nursing and Midwifery students’ lived at menstrual period most, methods for coping with the symptoms, reasons for method use and the prevalence of the methods. Material and methods: The study was cross-sectional. The study group was consisted of 300 female students that studying nursing and midwifery at Aydin Health College (CI 95%, p=50%, worst acceptable value 45%). Descriptive statistics and chi-square test were used for statistical assessment. Results: 295 (98,3%) female students from Aydin Health College were reached. 97.3% of students had at least one symptom at menstrual period, most frequently experienced symptoms were abdominal pain (94.5%), irritability (92,2%), fatigue (89,3%). They most often referred mother/sister (52.4 %) for information and health personnel (56.5%) for remedy. 53.2% of students used medical treatment for their menstrual symptoms. The most frequently used methods were massage (76.8%), hot-water bottle (75.1%), physical exercise (69,6%), herbal medicines (63.0%). 82.9% of students who used nonmedical methods, said that they had benefited from these methods, 78.5% of them would advise to the close people. Conclusion: The frequency of referral to health personnel for having information was low. Questions about nonmedical methods could be asked while taking medical history for health professionals to be informed.