Occurrence of Menstrual Irregularities among Adolescent Girls in Selected Area, Dehradun, Uttarakhand Kandpal Jyoti1,*, Sharma Mugdha Devi Sharan2, George Upma3 1Senior Nurse Mentor, CARE, India 2Asst Professor, Department of Community Health Nursing, Himalayan College of Nursing, SRHU, Dehradun 3Nursing Superintendent, Swami Rama Himalayan Hospital, Dehradun *Corresponding Author: Ms Jyoti Kandpal, Senior Nurse Mentor, CARE, India, Mobile: 8130083054, Email: dkandpal90@gmail.com
Online published on 21 February, 2019. Abstract Introduction Menstrual cycle is defined as normal physiological process that is characterized by cyclic shedding of endometerium accompanied by loss of blood in adolescent and young girls. Menstrual irregularities which include polymenorrhoea, oligomenorrhoea, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, menorrhagia and premenstrual syndrome. Menstrual irregularities frequently affect the quality of life of adolescence girls. Menstrual irregularities have been found to occur with increased frequency in women who deviate considerably from normal weight. Methodology A Quantitative research approach with Descriptive research design was used for this study to assess occurrence of menstrual irregularities among adolescent girls in selected rural area, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The population comprised of adolescent girls having age group between 10–19 yrs. The study was conducted in selected rural area of, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Purposive Sampling technique was used to select the 250 subjects from the population. Self developed structured questionnaire related to sociodemographic variable and menstrual status of adolescent girls were developed and administered to the respondents through interview method, Verbal Multidimensional Scoring System of Dysmenorrhea was used to the grade the dysmenorrhea. Results The results of the study shows that 60.8% having menarche age was 14–16 yrs, 77.2% of adolescent girls were having normal BMI, 78.4% reported normal cycles and 21.6% had abnormal cycles in the form in the form of polymenorrhoea 14% or oligomenorrhoea 7.6%. Dysmenorrhea 61.6%, premenstrual symptoms 31.6% were the most frequent menstrual abnormalities observed in the present study. Conclusion The study results indicate that very few adolescent girls were having menstrual irregularity whereas dysmenorrhea was common in all. Obesity is common in adolescent girls but in the selected area where research was done all the girls were having normal BMI (18.5–24.9). Top Keywords BMI, Dysmenorrhea, menstrual irregularities, occurrence. Top |