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Dysmenorrhea in High School Girls and Its influencing Factors

여고생의 월경곤란증 실태 및 그 영향 요인

  • Received : 2021.02.09
  • Accepted : 2021.03.20
  • Published : 2021.03.28
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Abstract

The study is a descriptive research to determine high school girls' the status of dysmenorrhea and to look into influencing factors about how relationships between variables: sleep disturbance, stress, anxiety, dietary habit have an effect on dysmenorrhea. Our collected data consisted of 160 high school girls living in B metropolitan city. The study period lasted four weeks, going from Oct 12 to Nov 6, 2020. The resulting data was analyzed with SPSS/WIN 21.0 version to analyze. As a result of this study, The correlated factors of dysmenorrhea included sleep disturbance(r=.531, p<.001), stress(r=.349, p<.001), anxiety(r=.300, p=.003) and dietary habit(r=-.205, p=.041). The prevalent factors influencing dysmenorrhea are sleep disturbance, menstrual periods, menstrual cycles, and anxiety. Therefore, it will be needed to improve the quality of sleep, reduce anxiety, try to regulate menstrual periods and menstrual cycle in order to relieve high school girls' dysmenorrhea.

본 연구는 여고생의 월경곤란증의 실태를 파악하고 수면장애, 스트레스, 불안, 식습관, 월경곤란증의 정도 및 그들 변수 간의 관계와 월경곤란증에 미치는 영향 요인을 알아보고자 하는 서술적 조사연구이다. 대상자는 B광역시 소재 여고생을 대상으로 2020년 10월 12일~11월 6일 총 4주 동안 총 160부의 자료를 수집하였고 SPSS 21.0 Program을 이용하여 분석하였다. 연구결과, 월경곤란증과 수면장애(r=.531, p<.001)와는 강한 순 상관관계를, 스트레스(r=.349, p<.001), 불안(r=.300, p=.003)과는 보통의 순 상관관계를, 식습관(r=-.205, p=.041)과는 약한 역 상관관계를 나타냈다. 월경곤란증에 미치는 영향 요인은 수면장애, 월경기간, 월경주기, 불안 순으로, 전체 설명력은 39.5%로 나타났다. 따라서, 여고생의 월경곤란증을 완화하기 위하여 수면의 질을 높이고 불안을 감소시킬 수 있는 방법과 월경기간 및 월경주기를 정상화 시킬 수 있는 방안을 모색 할 필요가 있다.

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