Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: November | Volume: 9 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 137-142
Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Pain and Awareness of Physiotherapy in Primary Dysmenorrhea among Female Students of Adesh University, Bathinda
Meena Rani1, Kavita Kaushal2, Simratjeet Kaur3
1BPT Intern, College of Physiotherapy, Adesh University, Bathinda (Punjab).
2Principal, Professor, College of Physiotherapy, Adesh University, Bathinda (Punjab).
3Assistant Professor, College of Physiotherapy, Adesh University, Bathinda (Punjab).
Corresponding Author: Simratjeet Kaur
ABSTRACT
Background: Dysmenorrhea means pelvic or lower abdominal cyclic or recurrent pain or difficult menstrual cycle and may be classified as primary, leading to poorer quality of life. Major symptom is lower abdominal or lumbar region pain, followed by other symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, headache and diarrhea. Musculoskeletal pain is predominant symptom experienced by menstruating female and has substantial impact on the personal as well as on social life as it leads to absenteeism from the work or from the school. This study aimed at investigating the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in Primary Dysmenorrhea among female students of Adesh University, Bathinda. And to raise awareness of physiotherapy in Primary Dysmenorrhea among female students of Adesh University, Bathinda.
Methodology: A cross- sectional study was conducted on female students of Adesh University, Bathinda. After the approval of College Research Committee and Adesh University Ethical Committee, a notice was displayed on notice boards of girl’s hostel no 1&2 of Adesh University Bathinda. Subjects were recruited by convenient sampling. Verbal as well as written consent was obtained from participants and screened according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The data was collected with the help of Nordic Questionnaire, Numeric Pain rating scale.
Result: The result of this study shows that the students have high rate of Low back pain i.e. 96.5% and Hips/thighs pain 89.5%. The study revealed that majority of female suffers from moderate intensity of pain during menstruation.
Conclusion: The study concluded that most of female students were suffering moderate intensity of pain during menstruation & low back pain was more prevalent. Thus the various physiotherapy techniques were described with the help of pamphlets in order to raise the awareness among female students.
Key words: Musculoskeletal pain, Female Students, Dysmenorrhea, menstruation, Nordic Questionnaire.