Dysmenorrhea Severity and Affecting Factors According to Life Periods of Women

Year 2024, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 1 - 12, 03.05.2024

Serpil Çetin , Nilay Yürekdeler Şahin

https://doi.org/10.56061/fbujohs.1257104

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the severity of dysmenorrhea and the affecting factors according to the life periods of women. The universe of this descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective study consisted of women who experienced childbirth and were members of relevant social media groups, and the sample consisted of women who agreed to participate in the study (n=305). Data were collected with an electronic form created by the researchers. In the form, the lives of the women were divided into 3 as the period before marriage/first sexual intercourse, the period before pregnancy and the period after the postpartum 12th month, and dysmenorrhea stories specific to each period were questioned. More than half (60.7%) of women with a mean age of 38.00±6.32 stated that dysmenorrhea was affected by their life stages (p>0.05). When the severity of dysmenorrhea was analyzed according to the life periods of the women, it was determined that the severity of dysmenorrhea was 6.32±2.36 in the premarital period, 5.59±2.40 in the pre-pregnancy period and 4.53±2.30 in the postpartum period (p=0.000). Giving birth, bleeding severity, and experiencing menstrual stress were the factors affecting the severity of dysmenorrhea in all life periods of the woman, while smoking, experiencing curettage and problems in the reproductive organs were associated only with dysmenorrhea in the postpartum period (p<0.05). It was concluded that the severity of dysmenorrhea of the women participating in the study differed according to their life periods, and the factors affecting the severity of dysmenorrhea were sensitive to the life period. Therefore, these predictors should be considered in the management of dysmenorrhea and further, in-depth and longitudinal studies should be conducted on the psychological and sociological foundations of dysmenorrhea.

Keywords

Women, life stages, severity of dysmenorrhea, influencing factors

Supporting Institution

The authors did not receive any financial support in conducting this study.

Kadınların Yaşam Dönemlerine Göre Dismenore Şiddeti ve Etkileyen Faktörlerin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Bu çalışma kadınların yaşam dönemlerine göre dismenore şiddeti ve etkileyen faktörlerin incelenmesi amacıyla yapıldı. Tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel tasarımdaki bu araştırmanın evrenini doğum deneyimleyen kadınlar, örneklemini ise çalışmaya katılmayı kabul eden kadınlar (n=305) oluşturdu. Veriler, araştırmacılar tarafından oluşturulan elektronik bir form ile toplandı. Formda kadınların yaşamları, evlenmeden/ilk cinsel ilişkiden önceki dönem, gebelik öncesi dönem ve doğum sonu 12. aydan sonraki dönem olarak 3’e ayrıldı ve her döneme özgü dismenore öyküleri sorgulandı. Dismenore şiddeti veri toplama formu içerisinde yer alan VAS ile değerlendirildi. Yaş ortalaması 38.00±6,32 olan kadınların yarıdan fazlası (%60,7) dismenorenin yaşam dönemlerini etkilediğini ifade etti (p>0,05). Kadınların yaşam dönemlerine göre dismenore şiddetleri incelendiğinde; dismenore şiddetinin evlilik öncesi dönemde 6,32±2,36, gebelik öncesi dönemde 5,59±2,40 ve doğum sonu dönemde 4,53±2,30 olduğu belirlendi (p=0.000). Doğum yapmış olma, kanama şiddeti, adetle ilgili stres yaşama kadının tüm yaşam dönemlerinde dismenore şiddetini etkileyen faktör iken, sigara kullanımı, küretaj deneyimleme ve üreme organlarındaki sorun ise sadece doğum sonu dönemdeki dismenore ile ilişkili bulundu (p<0.05). Araştırmaya katılan kadınların dismenore şiddetinin yaşam dönemlerine göre farklılık gösterdiği, dismenore şiddetini etkileyen faktörlerin yaşam dönemine duyarlı olduğu sonucuna varıldı. Bu nedenle dismenore yönetiminde bu faktörler göz önünde bulundurulmalı, dismenorenin psikolojik ve sosyolojik temellerine ilişkin daha ileri, derinlemesine çalışmalar yapılmalıdır.

Keywords

Kadın, yaşam dönemleri, dismenore şiddeti, etkileyen faktörler

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