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Impact of Primary Dysmenorrhea on Academic Performance and Quality of Life Among Medical Students at Sohag University
Sponsor: Sohag University
Summary
Pain is an unpleasant sensation that negatively affects individual experiencing it, depending on its quality, intensity, location, and duration. One of the causes of pain among females is dysmenorrhea. Dysmenorrhea is defined as pain during menstruation. A significant population of females experience mild, moderate or severe pain during menstruation. Primary dysmenorrhea is defined as dysmenorrhea with the absence of any organic pathology starting 6-12 months after the menarche and frequently continuing till menopause, while secondary dysmenorrhea results from gynecologic problems such as adenomyosis, endometriosis, uterine fibroid and others.
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
19 Years - 25 Years
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
402
Start Date
2026-01-01
Completion Date
2027-12-01
Last Updated
2026-01-20
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
self administered questionnaire
Data will be collected through Self-Administered will be distributed to the students after informed consent from participants, The questionnaire is divided into five sections: - 1. The first section: Information on socio demographic and lifestyle, The survey consisted of inquiries as (sex, age, , marital status, residence, physical exercise, drinking cofee ….) 2. The second section: Including Information on menstrual history: \- Age at menarche, the regularity of menses, the presence of dysmenorrhea or not……etc. 3. The third section: The WaLIDD questionnaire, namely (Working ability, Location, Intensity, Days of pain) The forth section: The validated dysmenorrhea and AP impact questionnaire in English was used for the survey The last section is named "DysmenQoL questionnaire" (dysmenorrhea and quality of life) . and it is represented by 20 statements about the negative effects of dysmenorrhea on quality of life
Locations (1)
Sohag University
Sohag, Egypt