Tradiational Practices Self Reported by Nursing Studnets to Relieve Dysmenorrhea | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 4, Volume 9, Issue 3, September 2018, Pages 43-59 PDF (406.53 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2018.12968 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Entsar AbdElmonaem Mohamed1; Aziza Ahmed Attia2; Amel Ahmed Hassan Omran3; Hend Abd Allah ElsayedAfifi3 | ||
| 1Teaching specialist in Imbaba Technical Health Institute | ||
| 2Maternity and Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||
| 3Obstetrics and Woman Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Introduction: Child The study aimed to assess traditional practices self-reported by nursing students to relieve dysmenorrhea. The study design was descriptive design. Setting: the study was conducted in nursing technical secondary school at Benha university hospital. Sampling: purposive sample that consisted of 150 students suffered from dysmenorrhea in the three years of the nursing secondary school. Tools of data collection: structured interviewing questionnaire, knowledge assessment sheet and assessment of used traditional practices by nursing students. Results: 64.7%of the studied sample had unsatisfactory knowledge about dysmenorrhea, 37.1% of studied students always used many of traditional practices to relieve dysmenorrheal and 44% of studied sample satisfied with traditional practices used for menstrual pain relief. Conclusion: Less than two thirds of the studied students always used many of traditional practices to relieve dysmenorrhea. The most common traditional method was drinking natural herbs followed by taking a warm bath and massaging the abdomen as reported by females. Recommendations: Encouraging the student females to use traditional methods in the first days of menses for relieving dysmenorrhea. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Dysmenorrhea; traditional practices; Nursing students | ||
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