Survey study, 2020
What do adolescent girls know and do about premenstrual syndrome?
Most had average knowledge and good practices. Most learned about PMS from family rather than health professionals.
What they did
Researchers gave a questionnaire to 100 adolescent girls at a school in India to assess their knowledge and practices related to PMS.
What they found
52% of girls were aged 12-14 years. 62% came from low-income families. 79% had average knowledge about PMS and 69% had good practices. Most girls got information about PMS from family members. There was no significant relationship between knowledge and practice levels.
What it means for you
Most adolescent girls have basic knowledge and good practices regarding PMS, though often from family members rather than health professionals. Knowledge was linked to family income and education. The study only included girls at one school.
100
Number of adolescent girls studied
79%
Had average knowledge about PMS
69%
Had good practices related to PMS
About the study
- Original title
- A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN SELECTED SCHOOLS OF AMRITSAR, PUNJAB
- Authors
- Arundeep Kaur, Harleen Kaur
- Journal
- IDC International Journal
- Year
- 2020
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 190
- What was tested
- Knowledge and practices regarding PMS assessed
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.47211/idcij.2020.v07i03.010
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