Review, 2004
How can nurses help teenage girls with common period problems, including PMS?
This article explains how nurses can better support teen girls with period problems like PMS, but it does not test or prove any treatment works, it is a guide for good care.
What they did
A review article (not a study with patients) that discusses four common menstrual problems seen in teenage girls and describes nursing approaches for dealing with them.
What they found
The article covers four menstrual disorders: no periods, heavy bleeding, painful periods, and PMS. It notes that irregular periods can be normal in the first few years after a girl's first period, but other symptoms may need medical attention. It recommends nurses take an accurate period history, keep things confidential, communicate well, give culturally sensitive care, and help girls learn to manage their own care.
What it means for you
This is practical guidance for nurses, not evidence that a specific treatment works. There is no data on how well these approaches help, because it is a review of practice ideas, not a trial.
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menstrual disorders discussed
About the study
- Original title
- Common menstrual disorders in adolescence: nursing interventions
- Authors
- McEvoy M, Chang J, Coupey SM
- Journal
- MCN. The American journal of maternal child nursing
- Year
- 2004
- Study design
- Review
- What was tested
- Nursing care approaches: taking a careful history, confidential and sensitive communication, culturally aware care, encouraging self-care
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1097/00005721-200401000-00011
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