An Evaluation of Menstrual Pattern of Young Girls in A Medical Institution

Abstract

A cross sectional quantitative survey was done on 205 girls aged 17 to 25 years in Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College and B.A.S Nursing School, Dhaka. The aim of the study was to establish the typical experience of menstruation for young girls and determine the associated menstrual disturbance that require further investigation management of underlying pathology. Mean age of the subjects at menarche was 11.3years with a range being 8-16years. Mean duration of menstrual flow was 4.5 days and about 85.9% respondents had these type of:flow. It was observed that72.6% subject had average menstrual flow. As many as 174 (84.9%) respondents had regular menstruation. At least 148 (72.2%) respondents conceded that they had painful menstruation (dysmenorrhoea) with varying degree of severity. The most prevalent menstrual symptoms were tiredness (50.2% ) , backache (41.5%) and anger (32.6%). Prevalence of severe dysmenorrhoea was 10.2% whereas 22.9% and 39.02 % of participant had moderate and mild dysmenorrhoea respectively. Of them, as many as 40.4 % respondents needed medical intervention either by analgesic and / or antispasmodic. In conclusion, it can be mentioned that prevalence of dysmenorrhoea and menstrual irregularity among young female is high. Working ability is reported to be affected by menstrual pain. It could be possible to improve menstrual discomforts management by including awareness program.