Problems of Menstruation among Adolescent Girls in Urban and Rural Community of Kamrup District, Assam

ARPANA DAS; Dr.TARULATA KAKATI MAJHI

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.4515

Problems of Menstruation among Adolescent Girls in Urban and Rural Community of Kamrup District, Assam

Author(s)	ARPANA DAS, Dr.TARULATA KAKATI MAJHI
Country	India
Abstract	Introduction India has the largest population of adolescents in the world being home to 243 million individuals aged 10-19 years, A cross sectional community based study was conducted to assess the prevalence of menstrual problems among adolescent girls & to compare the prevalence of menstrual problems among adolescent girls . sample size was 700 adolescent girls.Multistage Stratified random sampling (probability sampling technique), Convenient and Purposive sampling technique (non probability sampling technique) were used to collect the data. Data was collected from Urban and Rural community of Kamrup district, Assam. The study was conducted in the year 2013- 2016 dat a were collected by using Interview schedule.Result: Data were analyzed and interpreted by using descriptive and inferential statistics. From the collected data it was found the following result, among Rural adolescent girls, the majority of adolescent girls 223 (63.7%) were found in the age group of 13-16 years Result on premenstrual problem among Rural and Urban adolescent girls, it was found that 78(22%) Rural adolescent girls and 78(22%) & Urban adolescent girls experience bloating and breast tenderness, 39 (11.1%) ,309(88.3%) rural adolescent girls experience dysmennorhea as compared to 324(92.6%) urban adolescent girls . Dysmenorrhoea and PMS were significantly more in urban than the rural girls (P=0.01). . It was found that demographic characteristics caste is found to be significant * Significant at (P<.05).It shows the association of pre menstrual problem with caste.The present study concluded that adolescent’s girls experience many premenstrual and menstrual problems. This affects their daily life.
Keywords	Menstruation, menses, menarche, adolescent and menstrual hygiene.
Field	Sociology > Health
Published In	Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2023
Published On	2023-07-23
Cite This	Problems of Menstruation among Adolescent Girls in Urban and Rural Community of Kamrup District, Assam - ARPANA DAS, Dr.TARULATA KAKATI MAJHI - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.4515
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.4515
Short DOI	https://doi.org/gsh53k

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