Prevalence of dysmenorrhea , its impact and self-treatment patterns among students at the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania (Record no. 21882)
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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Octavian Onesmo Paulo |
| 9 (RLIN) | 22119 |
| Dates associated with a name | CUHAS/BP/3000383/T/16 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Prevalence of dysmenorrhea , its impact and self-treatment patterns among students at the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Mwanza, Tanzania: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS - Bugando] |
| -- | Phone: +255 28 298 3384 : |
| -- | Fax: +255 28 298 3386 : |
| -- | Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz : |
| -- | Website: www.bugando.ac.tz : |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | ©2020 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | ix; 24 Pages |
| Extent | Includes Refferences and Appendices |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Abstract:<br/><br/>Background: The period of Menstruation is an eventful one for a significant number of post-pubescent female as they experience lower abdominal pains, back pains, headache, back pains and other related condition like nausea referred as dysmenorrhea. This study conducted among female students of CUHAS assessed the prevalence of dysmenorrhea, its impacts and self-treatment patterns applied.<br/><br/>Methods: A cross sectional study using self-administered questionnaire was used to obtain data from 385 randomly selected female students of the CUHAS of both first year to final year and the data was analyzed and association between variables was tested.<br/><br/>Results: The prevalence of dysmenorrhea was 82.6% with more than half describing their pains which lasted less than 3 days as moderate, this condition affects the daily activities of up to 74.3% of the respondents. Menstrual duration or flow level do not influence the severity of dysmenorrhea but irregular menstrual flow is significantly associated with severe dysmenorrhea, 10.9% reported their dysmenorrhea to the hospital but increasing pain level is significantly associated with respondent visiting a hospital or use of analgesics medications, ibuprofen, Paracetamol and Diclofenac was the most common medication used notwithstanding the severity of the pains. <br/><br/>Conclusion: The highest prevalence of dysmenorrhea among female students of CUHAS which negatively affects the daily activities of majority of them, although bed rest and heat application such as hot water was the most common treatment method practiced, medication such as Diclofenac and Paracetamol was the most common analgesics drugs used in self-treatments of dysmenorrhea. <br/> |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| General subdivision | Pharmacy |
| 9 (RLIN) | 26693 |
| General subdivision | Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| 9 (RLIN) | 48284 |
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| 9 (RLIN) | 20944 |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | ddc |
| Koha item type | UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATIONS |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | 08/17/2021 | UD1840 | 08/17/2021 | 08/17/2021 | UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATIONS |