--- title: Is academic stress linked to menstrual disorders in female students? description: Yes. Women with academic stress have about 2 times the risk of menstrual disorders. PMS is one common disorder, affecting about one-third of those with any me url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/academic-stress-and-menstrual-disorders-among-female-undergraduates-in-uyo-south-2011/ --- - [Niyora](https://niyora.com/) - [Research](https://niyora.com/research/) - [Library](https://niyora.com/research/library/) - Is academic stress linked to menstrual disorders in female students? Survey study, 2011 # Is academic stress linked to menstrual disorders in female students? Yes. Women with academic stress have about 2 times the risk of menstrual disorders. PMS is one common disorder, affecting about one-third of those with any menstrual problem. Early or limited evidence 393 female undergraduates aged 16 to 35 in Nigeria ## What they did Cross-sectional survey of 393 female students aged 16 to 35 at a Nigerian university during 2009/2010. Participants completed questionnaires about menstrual history and academic stress. ## What they found 34.6% had menstrual disorders overall. Women with academic stress had 2 times the risk (odds ratio 2.0). The most common disorder was menorrhagia (37.5% of cases), followed by PMS (33.1%), oligomenorrhea (19.9%), and amenorrhea (5.9%). ## What it means for you Stress management might help prevent menstrual problems. Main limits: cross-sectional study in one country so cannot prove stress causes disorders, and individual cause-and-effect relationships remain unclear. 34.6% with menstrual disorders 2.0 risk ratio with stress 33.1% PMS among all disorders ## About the study Original title Academic stress and menstrual disorders among female undergraduates in Uyo, South Eastern Nigeria - the need for health education Authors Ekpenyong CE, Davis KJ, Akpan UP et al. Journal Nigerian journal of physiological sciences : official publication of the Physiological Society of Nigeria Year 2011 Study design Survey study What was tested None - observational study Open access Yes Read the paper [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22547190/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22547190/) ## Topics [Stress](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-stress/)[Psychotherapy, counselling and education](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-psychotherapy/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/) Research tells you what helps on average. Niyora helps on the day it hits. Calm down, see it another way, and decide what to say, with a PMS and PMDD app built by a doctor. ## Related studies Survey study, 2026 Is academic stress linked to PMS severity in university students? Survey study, 2026 How common is PMDD among female medical students and what triggers it? Survey study, 2026 What factors most strongly drive PMS severity in female engineering students? Randomised trial, 2025 Do coping skills training or acupressure better reduce premenstrual stress? Randomised trial, 2025 Can coping skills training reduce premenstrual stress? Randomised trial, 2024 Can stress inoculation training reduce anxiety, depression, and stress in students with PMS? Ask AI about this page Copy prompt ChatGPT ↗ Claude ↗ Perplexity ↗ Google AI Mode ↗ Grok ↗