Takashi Takeda1, Mari Tadakawa, Shoko Koga, Satoru Nagase, Nobuo Yaegashi. 1. Division of Women's Health, Research Institute of Traditional Asian Medicine, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan. Electronic address: take@med.kindai.ac.jp.
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between dysmenorrhea and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Japanese adolescent girls 9 months after the Great East Japan Earthquake. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Two high schools in Sendai, the largest city in northeastern Japan. PARTICIPANTS: 1489 female adolescents aged between 15 and 18 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), intensity of menstrual pain. RESULTS: The intensity of menstrual pain increased according to the comorbidity of PTSD (P < .001). The IES-R subscale and total scores significantly increased according to the severity of menstrual pain. CONCLUSIONS: This study showed a significant association between natural disaster-induced PTSD and the severity of dysmenorrhea.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between dysmenorrhea and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Japanese adolescent girls 9 months after the Great East Japan Earthquake. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Two high schools in Sendai, the largest city in northeastern Japan. PARTICIPANTS: 1489 female adolescents aged between 15 and 18 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), intensity of menstrual pain. RESULTS: The intensity of menstrual pain increased according to the comorbidity of PTSD (P < .001). The IES-R subscale and total scores significantly increased according to the severity of menstrual pain. CONCLUSIONS: This study showed a significant association between natural disaster-induced PTSD and the severity of dysmenorrhea.
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