Open AccessSelf-medication in Primary Dysmenorrhea among Medical and Nursing Undergraduate Students of a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Jyoti Prabha Bharati,
Sanjay Ulak,
Merina Shrestha,
Siddharth Dixit,
Anna Acharya,
Ashish Bhattarai
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.6397
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , family medicine , descriptive statistics , tertiary care , confidence interval , statistics , mathematics , pathology
Primary dysmenorrhea is one of the most common gynecological problems among adolescent females. It is defined as painful menses in women with normal pelvic anatomy, usually beginning during adolescence. This study aims to find out prevalence of self-medication practice in primary dysmenorrhea among medical and nursing undergraduate students.