Assessment of Incidence of Menstrual Headache and Stress Level Among Health High School Students

Year 2020, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 93 - 103, 30.09.2020

Döndü Sevimli Güler , Sevil Şahin , Kevser Özdemir , Alaattin Ünsal

https://doi.org/10.38108/ouhcd.778225

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to determine incidence of menstrual headache among high school students, to review some variables that are believed to be associated and to assess stres levels.
Method: The study is a cross-sectional study conducted on students studying in health vocational high schools in Sakarya province. Of these students, 542 students constituted the study group. A questionnaire was prepared by using the literature to collect data. The Perceived Stress Scale was used to determine the stress levels of the students. Chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test were used to analyze data.
Results: The age of students in the study group ranged from 14to 19 with a meanage of 16.40±1.05 years. It was determined that 84.3% of the students had normal menstrual cycles and 85.8% had normal menstrual bleeding periods. 49.8% of the students had a history of menstrual headache. The scores obtained from the Perceived Stress Scale by the students in the study group ranged from 10 to 54 with a mean score of 29.29 ± 6.76 (median 29.0; min: 11.0, max: 54.0).
Conclusion: It was determined that menstrual headache is an important health problem among students. Stress level was found to be higher in students having menstrual headache. It would be advantageous to implement screening programs occasionally for early diagnosis and treatment of menstrual headache and to conduct activities to provide information on mitigation of stres management techniques at highschools where the study was conducted.

Keywords

High school students, menstrual headache, stress level

Sağlık Meslek Lisesi Öğrencileri Arasında Menstrüel Baş Ağrısı Sıklığı ve Stres Düzeyinin Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

incelenmesi ve stres düzeylerinin değerlendirilmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır.
Yöntem: Çalışma, Sakarya ilinde sağlık meslek liselerinde öğrenim gören öğrenciler üzerinde yapılan kesitsel tipte bir araştırmadır. Çalışma kapsamına alınan öğrencilerden 542’si çalışma grubunu oluşturmuştur. Çalışmada veri toplamak amacıyla literatürden de faydalanılarak hazırlanan anket formu kullanılmıştır. Öğrencilerin stres düzeylerinin belirlenmesi için Algılanan Stres Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizi için Ki-kare testi, Mann-Whitney U testi ve Kruskal Wallis testi kullanılmıştır.
Bulgular: Çalışma grubunu oluşturan öğrencilerin yaşları 14-19 arasında değişmekte olup, ortalama 16.40±1.05 yıldır. Öğrencilerin %84.3’ünün menstrual sikluslarının, %85.8’inin de adet kanama süresinin normal olduğu belirlendi. Öğrencilerin %49.8’inde menstrüel baş ağrısı öyküsü vardı. Çalışma kapsamına alınan öğrencilerin Algılanan Stres Ölçeğinden aldıkları puanlar 10-54 arasında değişmekte olup, ortalama 29.29±6.76 puan (ortanca 29.0; min: 11.0, max: 54.0) idi.
Sonuç ve öneriler: Çalışmada öğrencilerin yaklaşık yarısında menstrüel baş ağrısı yaşandığı saptanmıştır. Menstrüel baş ağrısı olanlarda stres düzeyinin daha yüksek olduğu görüldü. Çalışmanın yapıldığı liselerde menstrüel baş ağrısı erken tanısı ve tedavisi için zaman zaman tarama programlarının uygulanması, stres ile başa çıkabilme yöntemleri hakkında bilgilendirme çalışmalarının yapılması yararlı olacaktır.

Keywords

lise öğrencisi, menstürel baş ağrısı,, stres düzeyi

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