Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to investigate dysmenorrhoea and its impact
on quality of life among UCC students. Survey was used for the study. Descriptive
and inferential statistics were used to analyse research questions and hypothesis.
Three hundred and fifty two students were purposively and conveniently sampled
for the study. Early age of menstruation (p<0.05) and waist pain (p<0.05) were the
risk factors. Pain killer (M= 4.22, SD= 0.79) was the most utilized coping
mechanism. The study revealed that quality of life of students was impacted
negatively. There was a weak positive correlation between headache and painkiller
use (r= 0.19, p< 0.01). There was a strong negative correlation between overall
symptoms score and overall quality of life score (r= -0.53, p < 0.01). There was a
weak negative correlation between dysmenorrhoea and quality of life (r= -0.12,
p<0.05). There was a strong positive correlation between physical and
psychological health of students with dysmenorrhoea (r = 0.63, p < 0.05). This
finding suggests that health professionals in collaboration with school
administrators should initiate health educational programmes to create awareness
about dysmenorrhoea and teach students how to cope in order to enhance their
quality of life. Medical doctors should be involved to educate students on the
appropriate medicine for dysmenorrhoea. Clinical psychologist should be involved
to teach about ways to deal with anxiety, depression, and anger associated with
dysmenorrhoea. Additional findings, implications and further studies are discussed.
