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Knowledge and attitudes towards dysmenorrhea among adolescent girls in an urban school in Sri Lanka

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  • Hapuarachchige Sewvandi Maliga Sampath Kumari Wijesiri
  • Thusharie Sugandhika Suresh

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Knowledge of and attitudes towards dysmenorrhea among adolescent school girls were assessed in this study. A descriptive study was conducted among 200 Year 12 girls at a school in the Nugegoda Educational Division in the district of Colombo. Data collection was done by using non‐probability convenience sampling. The results indicated that 84% of the study population had dysmenorrhea. Paracetamol was the drug of choice for pain relief. There was a statistically‐significant (P

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  • Hapuarachchige Sewvandi Maliga Sampath Kumari Wijesiri & Thusharie Sugandhika Suresh, 2013. "Knowledge and attitudes towards dysmenorrhea among adolescent girls in an urban school in Sri Lanka," Nursing & Health Sciences, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 15(1), pages 58-64, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:nuhsci:v:15:y:2013:i:1:p:58-64
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2012.00736.x
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    1. Mike Armour & Kelly Parry & Mahmoud A Al-Dabbas & Christina Curry & Kathryn Holmes & Freya MacMillan & Tania Ferfolja & Caroline A Smith, 2019. "Self-care strategies and sources of knowledge on menstruation in 12,526 young women with dysmenorrhea: A systematic review and meta-analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(7), pages 1-18, July.
    2. Elia Fernández-Martínez & María Dolores Onieva-Zafra & Ana Abreu-Sánchez & Juan José Fernández-Muñóz & María Laura Parra-Fernández, 2019. "Absenteeism during Menstruation among Nursing Students in Spain," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(1), pages 1-12, December.
    3. Kathryn Holmes & Christina Curry & Sherry & Tania Ferfolja & Kelly Parry & Caroline Smith & Mikayla Hyman & Mike Armour, 2021. "Adolescent Menstrual Health Literacy in Low, Middle and High-Income Countries: A Narrative Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(5), pages 1-13, February.

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