A STUDY OF MENSTRUAL DISORDERS AND SOME ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN FEMALE STUDENTS AT HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

Đỗ Thanh Tùng; Lỗ Bá Cương; Trần Minh Đức; Phạm Hồng Hà; Nguyễn Phương Tú; Nguyễn Hải Phương

doi:10.34238/tnu-jst.10975

A STUDY OF MENSTRUAL DISORDERS AND SOME ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN FEMALE STUDENTS AT HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

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Received: 19/08/24 Revised: 17/10/24 Published: 18/10/24

Authors

1. Do Thanh Tung , Hanoi Medical University
2. Lo Ba Cuong, Hanoi Medical University
3. Tran Minh Duc, Hanoi Medical University
4. Pham Hong Ha, Hanoi Medical University
5. Nguyen Phuong Tu, Hanoi Medical University
6. Nguyen Hai Phuong, National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Abstract

Menstrual disorders can have a significant impact on women's health and quality of life, especially among medical university students. Our study aimed to assess menstrual disorders and some associated factors in female students at Hanoi Medical University. The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 312 female students from August 2023 to January 2024. The results showed over half (55.45%) of the students reported menstrual irregularities. The most common issues were oligomenorrhea (46.15%) and menorrhagia (8.33%). Notably, 95.83% experienced premenstrual symptoms; dysmenorrhea were the most prevalent during menstruation (93.91%). Menstrual disorders were significantly associated with BMI, family history of menstrual disorders, and place of residence before university admission. Our study’s results provided a better understanding of the factors associated with menstrual disorders, thus having potential applications in the prevention and control of the disease.

Keywords

Menstrual disorders; Associated factors; Medical students; BMI; Family history

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