Relationship between Academic Performance and Dysmenorrhea among Adolescent Girls: Study from Karad Maharashtra India
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Background:- Menstruation is a normal physiological process that occurs once in a month in the women of reproductive age. This is very common problem can be seen all over the world. Worldwide statistics shows that there are 51% of the population consists of female adolescents. Several studies shows that dysmenorrhea affects on academic performance & daily activities, loss of concentration in the classroom (66.8%),no active participation in class(47.4%), not doing homework(21%) fail in exam (29.9%). proportions of dysmenorrhea in young adolescent is higher. A cross-sectional study was conducted, including adolescent girls from Krishna Mahavidhyalay, Rethare Bk. Karad to assess the relationship between dysmenorrhea & its effect on academic performance among female students. The study conducted on a total of 100 girls with age range between 15-19years.convinent sampling technique was used.RESULTS:-S42% adolescent girls having the affect of dysmenorrhea on academic performance.57 % of the girls school life is disturbed due to dysmenorrhea.34% of the girls got less marks in examination. 45% of the girls faced difficulty in the examination.CONCLUSION: - Study shows that there is relationship between dysmenorrhea & academic performance. Early detection of this problem is necessary to prevent further complication.
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