A STUDY OF SOME DETERMINANTS Of' PREMENSTRUAL SYJNJDJROME (PMS) AMONG A GROUP' Of TEACHERS IN ALJEXANDRIA
Randa Amir WASFY Fahmy;
Abstract
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is one of the most common disorders among women in the reproductive age. It is defmed as a variety of embtional
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and physical symptoms that occur in the week preceeding the onset of the
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menstrual flow that interfere with normal functioning and disappear within
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one or two days of menstrual flow. Although many women experiencie some
premenstrual disconifort, most of them do not consider these premenstrual
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changes severe enough to disrupt their life. At the same time about 5-110% of
women suffered from severe premenstrual symptomatology that disrupts individual and family functioning. ,
This study was carried out aiming for studying the prevalence lfPMS among a group of teachers in Alexandria and to find out the relation Jetween some determinants and PMS.
To fulfill this aim, the study was conducted on a sample of 500
primary school teachers in Alexandria through a cross sectional approach.
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The sample was selected by the method of proportional allocation from the six educational zones of Alexandria. The selected participants were married teachers in the age group of22-45 years. They were neither pregnan, nor in puerperium and they were provisionally healthy.
For the execution of this work an interviewing questionnaire was constructed to collect data about age, marital status, caffeine conshmption
per day menstrual history, parity and currently used me hod of
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contraception. 1
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and physical symptoms that occur in the week preceeding the onset of the
I
menstrual flow that interfere with normal functioning and disappear within
. I
one or two days of menstrual flow. Although many women experiencie some
premenstrual disconifort, most of them do not consider these premenstrual
I
changes severe enough to disrupt their life. At the same time about 5-110% of
women suffered from severe premenstrual symptomatology that disrupts individual and family functioning. ,
This study was carried out aiming for studying the prevalence lfPMS among a group of teachers in Alexandria and to find out the relation Jetween some determinants and PMS.
To fulfill this aim, the study was conducted on a sample of 500
primary school teachers in Alexandria through a cross sectional approach.
I
The sample was selected by the method of proportional allocation from the six educational zones of Alexandria. The selected participants were married teachers in the age group of22-45 years. They were neither pregnan, nor in puerperium and they were provisionally healthy.
For the execution of this work an interviewing questionnaire was constructed to collect data about age, marital status, caffeine conshmption
per day menstrual history, parity and currently used me hod of
I
contraception. 1
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| Title | A STUDY OF SOME DETERMINANTS Of' PREMENSTRUAL SYJNJDJROME (PMS) AMONG A GROUP' Of TEACHERS IN ALJEXANDRIA | Other Titles | دراسة بعض محددات لمتلازمة ماقبل الطمث بين مجموعة من المعلمات بالاسكندرية | Authors | Randa Amir WASFY Fahmy | Issue Date | 1997 |
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