Milushkina OJu, Skoblina NA, Skoblina EV, Astashkevich EV. Menstrual'naja funkcija u devushek-studentok i ih osvedomlennost' po dannomu voprosu [Menstrual function in female students and their awareness of it]. Journal of New Medical Technologies, e-edition. 2023 [cited 2023 Sep 22];5 [about 3 p.]. Russian. Available from: http: ...

Abstract

Purpose of the research was to evaluate the menstrual function in female students and their awareness of it. Materials and methods. The research was performed in 2020-2021 using online anonymous survey of 372 female respondents aged 19. Data processing was carried out using Statistica 13 PL software. Results and their discussion. The female respondents suffered from various menstrual cycle disorders: at the moment of survey, menstrual cycle hadn’t established in 80 female students (which makes 21.5%), 130 female students noted 9 days and longer period delays. 35% female students are aware of menstrual cycle problems. Insufficient awareness level has been proved: the coefficient of correlation between the real menstrual cycle disorders in female respondents and their opinion of these disorders in them revealed to be low (the result calculated was 0,31, р≤0,05 according to Pearson correlation coefficient). Conclusion. Female students are not aware enough of menstrual cycle disorders in them which can result in lack of their medical activity in reproductive healthcare.