Prevalence of Premenstrual Syndrome Among Physiotherapy Students and Its Effect on Their Academic Performance - A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

Background and objective: Physiotherapy is the health care profession in which students are spending their most of the time in classes and postings. During PMS (premenstrual syndrome) students are not able to fulfil their and profession needs. So, the present study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of premenstrual syndrome among physiotherapy students and its effect on academic performance. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 89 physiotherapy students studying in different physiotherapy colleges in Moodbidri, Karnataka. Data was collected with help of an Online Google form with two outcome measure. Premenstrual syndrome scale (PMSS) was used to find out the prevalence of premenstrual syndrome and a self- questionnaire was prepared to evaluate effect of PMS on academic performance. Result: Result shows a moderate prevalence of PMS among physiotherapy students, which is 39.3% with a significant negative relationship between premenstrual syndrome and academic performance in physiotherapy students. Conclusion- There is significant negative relationship is present between Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and Academic performance of physiotherapy students.