Dysmenorrhea is defined as difficult menstrual flow or painful menstruation. It is an ordinary gynecological problem among adolescent ladies which is severe enough to keep them from functioning at home, college or work place for a day or a two every month. Objective: To assess the knowledge and impact of dysmenorrhea among nursing students Material & Method : A descriptive study was carried out among 201 nursing students selected by purposive technique at M.M university, ambala Haryana by using structured knowledge questionnaire(KR 20= 0.72) and impact rating scale(chron a= 0.87) respectively from January 2016 to February 2017. Result: Most of students were of 19 to 21 yrs in age and 95% were unmarried. 78.6% received knowledge of dysmenorria from mothers. 100% students experienced dysmenorria in which 87.6% had regular cycle, 51.7% felt intermittent pain. Majority (57.2%) have good knowledge regarding dysmenorria and mildly affected by it followed by 41.3% are moderately affected by dysmenorria. age, course of study and marital status are significantly associated with knowledge regarding dysmenorrhea whereas level of pain and measures to relieve dysmenorria is significantly associated with impact of dysmenorrhea. Conclusion: Formal, informal and special mass media educational programmes may be taken to educate the girls on dysmenorria and measures to relieve .community health nurse and school health nurse need to concerned about it.
Dysmenorrhea, Nursing students
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