Prevalence, Knowledge, And Attitude Towards Premenstrual Disorder Among Unimas Undergraduate Female Medical Students
Introduction: Prevalence, knowledge, and attitude of Premenstrual Disorder are significant for women, particularly as the symptoms can negatively impacting mental health and relationship with others thus interfering quality of life. Objectives: This study aims to identify the prevalence, to asses...
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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
2023
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| Institution: | Universiti Malaysia Sarawak |
| Language: | English English |
| Summary: | Introduction: Prevalence, knowledge, and attitude of Premenstrual Disorder are significant
for women, particularly as the symptoms can negatively impacting mental health and
relationship with others thus interfering quality of life. Objectives: This study aims to
identify the prevalence, to assess the level of knowledge and attitude towards Premenstrual
Disorder among UNIMAS undergraduate female medical students. Methodology: A
quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted at Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
University Malaysia Sarawak. A total of 189 participants were selected using simple random
sampling. A structured item questionnaire was developed, pre-tested and it was used for data
collection. SPSS version 26.0 was used to enter and analyze the data of respondents.
Descriptive statistics were used to describe the prevalence, knowledge, and attitude towards
Premenstrual Disorder among UNIMAS undergraduate female medical students. Chi-square
test was used to determine the association between prevalence, knowledge, and attitude of
Premenstrual Disorder among UNIMAS undergraduate female medical students. Results:
This finding revealed high prevalence of Premenstrual Disorder (50.2%) despite low level of
knowledge (51.3%) and low level of attitude (51.3%) towards Premenstrual Disorder. among
UNIMAS undergraduate female medical students. There was significant association between
prevalence of Premenstrual Disorder and regularity of menstruation cycle Conclusion:
Therefore, the present study showed that there is still lack of knowledge and attitude towards
Premenstrual Disorder despite the high prevalence. |
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