Age at menarche and the menstrual pattern of secondary school adolescents in central India

Ambade, Rakhee; Sagdeo, Mohan

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“…3 23,24 Studies have shown optimum 3-5 days of flow is usual among girls and is considered normal besides comprehending above and below this range as heavy and scanty flow respectively. [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] Consistent with this in present study majority of girls 52.26% had 2-4 days bleeding followed by 5-7 days in 38.68% and small proportion had >8 days (5.4%) and <2 days (3.66%).…”

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“…(Figure 4). [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] While considerably higher age of menarche has been reported by Kanotra et al in Maharashtra and Indupalli in Karnataka. 21,22 This variation may be due to the recall bias in latter studies as age of study subjects was higher and time between the occurrence of menarche and data collection was protracted.…”

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“…Similar results have been reported in various Indian and International studies. 14,16,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25] Cakir et al found menstrual irregularity among 31.2%, which is quite high and may be due to different definition used in their study. 30 Studies have shown that nutrition may influence the menstrual pattern and keeping this in view in present study regularity was compared among the girls showing pallor, thinness and stunting and it was revealed that girls with absence of pallor were 1.2 (0.8-1.9) times more likely to have regular menstruation as compared to those showing pallor and, girls with normal height for age were 1.2 (0.6-2.0) times more likely to have regularity as compared to those with stunting.…”

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Pattern and features of menstruation among adolescent girls in Haldwani: a cross-sectional study

Goyal¹

2018

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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Background: Menstruation becomes an important aspect in life of an adolescent girl once she attains puberty and is often associated with variable characteristics. Being a development process and a reported significant source of morbidity too, it becomes important to study its pattern and characteristics. The purpose of this study was to determine the pattern of menstruation among adolescent girls.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 574 adolescent girls of 10-19 years age of 6th to 12th grades in four selected government and private schools of Haldwani. Data was collected using a predesigned semi-structured questionnaire with brief interview and examination. Analysis of data was done with help of SPSS version 21.Results: Mean age of the girls was 14.95±1.41 years. Mean age at menarche was 12.94±1.01 years. Majority of girls 441 (76.82%) had cycle length of 21-35 days and it was found that 95 (16.55%) girls had irregular menstrual periods. Rural and urban differences in regularity of menstruation were statistically significant. Duration of flow in majority 300 (52.26%) of girls was 2-4 days followed by 5-7 days in 222 (38.68%). Dysmenorrhoea was reported by 422 (73.52%) of adolescent girls and of them 259 (61.37%) have never used analgesics while 66 (15.63%) have always used analgesics. Girls with absence of pallor were 1.2 (0.8-1.9) times more likely to have regular menstruation as compared to those showing pallor.Conclusions: Irregular menstruation was common among girls and significant association was found with place of residence. Dysmenorrhoea was present in three-fourth of adolescent girls still majority of them have never used analgesics. Daily routine was affected in more than 80% of girls during menstruation.

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Pattern and features of menstruation among adolescent girls in Haldwani: a cross-sectional study

Goyal¹

2018

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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“…They reported that menarcheal age was delayed and varied by residence. Dysmenorrhea was a prevalent issue in school adolescents causing school absenteeism (16).…”

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Menstrual Patterns and Common Menstrual Problems Among Doctor of Physical Therapy Students

Waris¹,

Riaz²,

Javed³

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Objective: To observe the patterns and disorders of menstruation among physiotherapy undergraduates in Lahore city. Methods: A cross sectional survey was conducted at Riphah International University, Lahore from January 2020 to June 2020 after obtaining ethical approval. The data was collected through convenience sampling technique from two hundred physiotherapy undergraduate students by using anonymous questionnaire containing questions related to menstrual pattern, associated symptoms and heaviness of day wise bleeding. Informed consent was taken from all participants before data collection. Data was entered and analyzed on SPSS 21. Results: Menarche was found among 60% of undergraduates between the age of 13 and 14 and 24% of undergraduates between the ages of 15 and 17. A total of 71% of undergraduates had a regular menstruation cycle while 23% had irregular periods. 71% of undergraduates had a menstrual cycle of range between 21-28 days, 17% had irregular cycles, and 14% did not know how to go their menstrual duration. Most undergraduates have Bleeding for up to 1 week, with standard, medium, and restrained Bleeding. In 72% of undergraduates exploiting contains lumps, though 28.5% undergraduates do not experience exploiting. Because of their menses, 29% of undergraduates were incompetent to join university. 24% of undergraduates take leave from university because of painful menstruation whereas 9% take leave from university because of extreme blood flow. Dysmenorrhea signs were prevalent. Menses had a massive influence on societal lives and performances primarily on undergraduates. Conclusion: Dysmenorrhea and regular indiscretions were communal and mostly undergraduate’s responsiveness to menstruation signs was scarce. In its outcomes, there is entail for a teaching based program on menarche and menstrual issues. Keywords: Menarche, Dysmenorrhea, Undergraduates

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“…This was in line with studies done in Nigeria, Malaysia and in Central India wherein the major source of information was mother. [16][17][18] Attitude of mothers and teachers in discussing the menstruation related issues are barriers to the right kind of information, especially in the rural areas. 19…”

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Awareness and practices regarding menarche in adolescent school going girls of Thrissur educational district

Saju

Mundodan

2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Menarche is one important milestone in during adolescence. Many of girls experience menarche even before they are considered as adolescents. Unfortunately, many parents do not provide adequate information to the girls prior to menarche, because they consider it culturally inappropriate.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 432 adolescent girls in high school classes of Thrissur educational district. The participants were selected from six schools, two each of government, private and aided schools. A Self-Administered structured questionnaire was used for data collection after validation by pilot study. Data was collected on socio-demographic variables and awareness and practices regarding menarche Statistical analysis was done using SPSS statistical software version 23.Results: The age of attaining menarche ranged 7 to 14 years, with the mean age being 12.06 years SD=0.972.More than one-fourth of the girls 28.7% did not have prior knowledge about menstruation at the time of menarche. The major source of information about menstruation was the mother 68.8%, followed by friends 19.2%. Majority 61.3% of the subjects had correct knowledge regarding the cause of menstruation. More than half of the respondents 53.7% missed school days during menarche.Conclusions: The knowledge regarding menstruation was good for adolescent girls when compared to other studies in India. Awareness programs on adolescent girls must be developed and promoted at an early age prior to menarche. Mothers should be educated as they are an important source of information to their daughters.

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Age at menarche and the menstrual pattern of secondary school adolescents in central India

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Pattern and features of menstruation among adolescent girls in Haldwani: a cross-sectional study

Pattern and features of menstruation among adolescent girls in Haldwani: a cross-sectional study

Menstrual Patterns and Common Menstrual Problems Among Doctor of Physical Therapy Students

Awareness and practices regarding menarche in adolescent school going girls of Thrissur educational district

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