ArticleJournal of mental health education2022
Psychosocial Problems of Adolescent Girls during Menstruation.
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- Characterizing menstrual health and education needs among menstruating adolescents: A cross-sectional study on dysmenorrhea, cycle irregularities, and menstrual education.Dialogues in health · 2026Article
- Self-reported menstrual-related physical and psychological symptoms and health-seeking behaviour among rural school-going adolescent girls in Bangladesh.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Effects of a Virtual Reality Intervention on Women's Menstrual Problems Related to Endocrine Disruptors: A Randomized Controlled Repeated-Measures Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Menstrual experiences of adolescent girls in schools: recommendations for menstrual health education in England.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Menstrual characteristics and school absenteeism among adolescent school girls of Aligarh-A cross-sectional study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2026Article
- Provision of menstrual products lowers school absenteeism in adolescent girls in coastal Kenya: findings from a quasi experimental study.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Article
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- Predictive factors of menstruation's impact on adolescents' daily, social, and academic lives: A cross-sectional study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
- Menstrual health hygiene, awareness, myths, and health-seeking behaviors among women: A qualitative study from a peri-urban settlement of Islamabad, Pakistan.Journal of public health research · 2025Article
- Menstrual hygiene knowledge and practices among adolescent schoolgirls in flood-affected rural Bangladesh.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- Navigating Menstrual Health and Hygiene: Challenges and Solutions for Adolescent Girls.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2025Review
- Assessment of the barriers towards menstrual hygiene management: evidence from a qualitative study among school communities: lessons from Bahir Dar city in northwest Ethiopia.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2024Article
- Mental health and well-being of women (menarche, perinatal, and menopause).Indian journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Periods and well-being: A focus group study to discuss how menstruation affects the well-being of women aged 18-40.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
Aim: To study the psychosocial problems of adolescent girls during menstruation. Methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted in Chennai. Descriptive research design was used. Sample size: Sixty students were selected randomly by the teacher from Bhoodhur Govt high school, Sholavaram, Chennai and referred to researcher for the study purpose. Inclusion criteria: Adolescent girls who were aged 13-16 years and attained menarche. Results: Majority (71.7%) of adolescent girls belong to the age group of 14 - 15 years, 68% were in ninth standard. Nearly half of the respondents were using pads (45%) and clothes (42%) as absorbent, majority (65%) preferred to discuss about their menstrual problems with mother, 28% with friends about menarche, 7% do not discuss with anyone. Most of them (58%) as faced physical problems during menstruation such as pre-menstrual syndrome (55%), menorrhagia (12%), sleep disturbance (12%), body pain (68%), head ache (45%), leg pain (55%).Majority (67%) had psychological problems such as change in the mood (70%) irritability, (78%) restlessness, (63%) unstable mood, (58%) feeling stressed). One-third had faced psychosocial problems in terms of unaware of menarche before the onset (65%), 10% do not have privacy to change sanitary pad and do not know how to use pad, 32% faced restrictions during menarche. Conclusion: Mental health education of adolescent girls is essential to deal with psychosocial problems related to menstruation.
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