Survey study, 2024
How much do teenage girls know about premenstrual syndrome?
Most teenage girls in this school did not know much about PMS. About 53% had low awareness.
What they did
236 teenage girls at one school in Nepal filled out a questionnaire about what they knew regarding premenstrual syndrome.
What they found
53.4% of the girls had low awareness of PMS. Whether a girl's mother worked was linked to how much the girl knew about PMS.
What it means for you
Many teenage girls don't know about PMS, so schools could help by teaching girls what to expect and how to manage symptoms. The main limit is this was only one school in Nepal, so results may differ in other places.
236
teenage girls in the study
53.4%
girls with low PMS awareness
About the study
- Original title
- Awareness Regarding Premenstrual Syndrome among Adolescent Girls in a School of Rupandehi
- Authors
- Sharmila Bhanadari, Kavita Lamichhane, Anuja Kachapati et al.
- Journal
- Journal of Universal College of Medical Sciences
- Year
- 2024
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 236
- What was tested
- None. This was a survey study.
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.3126/jucms.v12i03.73346
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