A study on the status of and factors in irregular menstruation in university students

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dc.authorscopusid55963366600
dc.authorscopusid55871605900
dc.authorscopusid55179396700
dc.contributor.authorUçar T.
dc.contributor.authorDerya Y.A.
dc.contributor.authorTaşhan S.T.
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-04T20:02:06Z
dc.date.available2024-08-04T20:02:06Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractAim: The purpose of this study is to identify the status of and factors in irregular menstruation in university students. Methods: The present descriptive study was conducted at Health College of Inonu University between November 15 and December 01, 2012. The population was comprised of a total of 678 female students who studied Midwifery (n=212) and Nursing (n=466). No specific sample was chosen; therefore, all the participants were included within the scope of the study. However, the sample was comprised of a total of 365 students who volunteered to participate in the study. The data were obtained through the “Personal Information Form” and analyzed via such statistics as Pearson’s Chi-Squared test, Fisher’s exact test and t-test for independent groups. Results: The mean age of the participants was 20.28±1.99. While 46% of them studied midwifery, the remaining 54% studied nursing. The mean menarche age was 13.45±1.55 whereas the mean menstruation length was 5.61±1.88. The prevalence of irregular menstruation in the students was 23.8%. The study could not yield a correlation between irregular menstruation and age, presence of chronic disease and average daily sleep time with irregular menstruation (p>0.05). Those students who do not exercise regularly, had psychiatric disorders, regular drug users, in users of oral contraceptives, smoked and had higher Body-Mass Indices were more likely to suffer from irregular menstruation (p<0.05). Conclusıons: The study concluded that nearly one-fourth of the students had irregular menstruation. The finding is promising in that all these risk factors (obesity, smoking, sedentary living, medication and oral contraceptive use) are avoidable with changes in behaviors, for which healthcare professionals a re significantly responsible. © GATA.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.5455/pmb.1-1413184900
dc.identifier.endpage221en_US
dc.identifier.issn1303-734X
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84937564377en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage215en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid200144en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5455/pmb.1-1413184900
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/200144
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/91420
dc.identifier.volume14en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizinen_US
dc.language.isotren_US
dc.publisherGulhane Military Medical Academyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofTAF Preventive Medicine Bulletinen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectFactors in İrregular menstruationen_US
dc.subjectUniversity studentsen_US
dc.subjectİrregular menstruationen_US
dc.titleA study on the status of and factors in irregular menstruation in university studentsen_US
dc.title.alternativeÜniversite öğrencilerinde menstrual düzensizlik durumu ve etkileyen faktörlerin belirlenmesien_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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