Premenstrual symptoms and dysmenorrhoea among muslim women in Zaria, Nigeria

Abstract

Background/objective: To document the premenstrual and menstrual symptoms of Muslim women, with a view to providing adequate and sensitive care. Methods: Two hundred Muslim women were interviewed at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital and Muslim Specialist Hospital, both in Zaria between August and October 2003. Results: Premenstrual symptoms were present in 23.8% of the women and breast pain was the commonest symptom (50%). Self-medication was practiced by those who needed medication for the premenstrual symptoms (29.8%). Premenstrual symptoms were significantly associated with lower parity (p = 0.02), previous (p = 0.03) and current (p = 0.01) contraceptive use and dysmenorrhoea (p = <0.001). Dysmenorrhoea was present in 36.4% and was significantly associated with lower age (p = 0.03), and lower parity (p = 0.01). Conclusions: Health care workers and the general public need to be aware of premenstrual symptoms and dysmenorrhoea in order to provide adequate care and support that is sensitive to Muslim women's needs. Health care providers should also be aware that premenstrual symptoms are more likely to coexist with dysmenorrhoea and provide therapies that can cater for both problems whenever possible. Conclusion:Des médecins des soins médicaux et la publique en général sont besoin d'avoir une connaissance sur des symptômes prémenstruel et la dysmenorrhée afin de fournir des soins adéquats et de donner des soutients qui sont sensitifs visant aux besoins des femmes muslèmes. Les médecins des soins médicaux devraient également avoir connaissance qui souligne que des symptômes prémenstruels sont plus probablement de co-éxister avec la dysmenorrhée et donner des thérapies qui peuvent resoudre les deux problèmes aussi souvent que possible.

Menstrual Disorders in Adolescent School Girls in Enugu, Nigeria

“…27 In Nigeria the reported prevalence of premenstrual dysphoric disorder varied from 23% to 50%. 7,26 This study found a prevalence of 19.2% in our surveyed adolescents. Abnormal cycle lengths that occurred in 16.9% of our respondents were slightly higher than the rate of 13.2% reported in a similar study in America but lower than the range of 23% to 37.2% noted in studies in the northern Nigeria, Turkey, Malaysia, and Singapore.…”

“…2e5,8e14 This was much higher than the finding in two previous studies among school girls and Muslim women in northern Nigeria that reported prevalence of 45% and 36.4% respectively. 6,7 This finding, however, was lower than very high prevalence of 93% reported by Sharma et al 9 in India, 80% reported in Western Australia, 10 and 89.5% in young university girls in Turkey. 14 Klein and Litt surveyed 2699 adolescent American and reported that 59.7% of them had menstrual cramps.…”

“…3 In Nigeria, two studies by Thomas et al 4 and Odujinrin and Ekunwe 5 in the western region equally reported high prevalence of dysmenorrhea among adolescent girls. Jacks et al 6 and Sule et al, 7 however, reported much lower prevalence of 45% and 36.4% among postmenarcheal school girls in Maiduguri and Muslim women in Zaria, Nigeria, respectively. The prevalence and proportion of various types of menstrual disorders differ in different adolescent population, suggesting sociocultural and regional variation.…”

TBHEB 2017-3 Vol 74 Full Printed Journal

“…Yunanistan'da 2007 yılında yapılan bir çalışmada, çoklu ilaç direnci bulunan patojenlerle enfeksiyon nedeniyle kolistin kullanılan yoğun bakım hastalarında, kolistine dirençli K. pneumoniae ile bronşiyal ve bağırsak kolonizasyon oranı %37 olarak saptanmıştır (20). Karbapenem dirençli K. pneumonia suşlarında da İtalya'da %43, Türkiye'de %2,7 kolistin direnci bildirilmiştir (21,22). Yine İtalya'dan bildirilen bir çalışmada, karbapenemaz üreten K. pneumonia suşlarında kolistin direncinin 2010-2013 yılları arasında %11'den %27'ye yükseldiği belirtilmiştir (23 …”

Identify Menstruation Related Problems and Suicide

“…Women's socio-cultural setting, employment and education status, perception and behavior regarding menstruation and dysmenorrhea were also found to be influential in occurring of PMS. (Dasikan 2014;Demir 2006;Sule 2007). PMS was also found to be in relation with the genetic disposition and it was revealed that in cases when PMS is experienced by one of the twins, the other twin may experience it as well (Dinc 2010).…”