Abstract:

Objective: To understand the current situation of primary dysmenorrhea among female college students in a university in Shanxi, and analyze the influencing factors of dysmenorrhea. Methods: A self-administered questionnaire with two-dimensional code was distributed among 700 female college students in a university in Shanxi for investigation, and the status quo of primary dysmenorrhea of female college students was analyzed, and the influencing factors of dysmenorrhea were analyzed by multivariate Logistic regression. Results: 642 valid questionnaires were collected, with the effective recovery rate was 91.7%. Among them, there were 295 cases with dysmenorrhea, and the incidence of dysmenorrhea was 46.0%. Logistic regression analysis showed that family history of dysmenorrhea and menstrual headache were risk factors for dysmenorrhea (all P<0.05). Compared with female college students with strong and unbalanced mental activity, quiet female college students with strong and balanced mental activity had a lower risk of dysmenorrhea (P<0.05). Compared with female college students with moderate menstrual flow, no study pressure, never sedentary during menstruation and better knowledge of menstrual health care, female college students with more menstrual flow, great study pressure, frequent sedentary during menstruation and less knowledge of menstrual health care increased the risk of dysmenorrhea (all P<0.05). Conclusions: The incidence of primary dysmenorrhea among female college students is high. Family, school and society should strengthen reproductive health awareness education for female college students, strengthen their guidance on harmonious and healthy behavior, and recommend schools offer healthy psychology courses, so as to effectively prevent the occurrence of primary dysmenorrhea.

Key words: Dysmenorrhea, Students, Shanxi, Incidence, Root cause analysis, Health education, Surveys and questionnaires