Survey study, 2026
Can health education help adolescent girls understand menstrual disorders and severe premenstrual disorder?
Health education clearly improved girls' knowledge about menstrual disorders and severe premenstrual disorder. Before education, 82.5% had less than adequate knowledge. After education, all students achieved very good understanding.
What they did
Pre-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design. 30 female high school students in Cianjur Regency, Indonesia in 2024. Health education included lectures, interactive discussions, educational videos, and leaflet distribution.
What they found
Before the health education, 82.5% of the 30 students had knowledge levels that were less than adequate. After the health education intervention with lectures, discussions, videos and leaflets, all students achieved a very good understanding level of menstrual disorders and severe premenstrual disorder.
What it means for you
Structured health education using multiple methods can effectively increase girls' knowledge about menstrual disorders and severe premenstrual disorder. This learning may help them recognize problems earlier and develop better coping strategies. The main limitations are the very small sample of only 30 students, no control group for comparison, and it was from only one school in Indonesia.
30
female students
82.5%
with inadequate knowledge before
About the study
- Original title
- Optimalisasi pengetahuan gangguan menstruasi dan pramenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) pada remaja putri
- Authors
- Shinta Arini Ayu, Nazmi Rizkania S Putri, Nofah Maulani Ibrahim et al.
- Journal
- HOLISTIK JURNAL KESEHATAN
- Year
- 2026
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 30
- What was tested
- Health education with lectures, discussions, videos and leaflets
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.33024/hjk.v20i2.2324
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