Juan Tang1, Huilan Xu2. 1. Department of Preventive Medicine, Shaoyang Medical College, Shaoyang Hunan 422000;. Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China. 2. Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of self-management education on improving symptoms of female college students with primary dysmenorrhea and the health-related quality of life. METHODS:Female students with primary dysmenorrhea were chosen for the questionnaire in two colleges at Shaoyang. The female students were assigned to an interventional group and a control group. The interventional group (n=195) received self-management education for 6 months, while the control group (n=196) did not receive any intervention. We compared the symptoms scores, VAS, dysmenorrheal degree and health-related quality of life between the 2 groups before and after the intervention. RESULTS: After the intervention, the scores of symptoms, VAS and degree of dysmenorrhea were significantly lower than the baseline and the control group (P<0.05), and the physical component summary (PCS), mental component summary (MCS) were significantly improved (P<0.05). CONCLUSION:Self-management education could effectively improve the symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea and quality of life.
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OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of self-management education on improving symptoms of female college students with primary dysmenorrhea and the health-related quality of life. METHODS: Female students with primary dysmenorrhea were chosen for the questionnaire in two colleges at Shaoyang. The female students were assigned to an interventional group and a control group. The interventional group (n=195) received self-management education for 6 months, while the control group (n=196) did not receive any intervention. We compared the symptoms scores, VAS, dysmenorrheal degree and health-related quality of life between the 2 groups before and after the intervention. RESULTS: After the intervention, the scores of symptoms, VAS and degree of dysmenorrhea were significantly lower than the baseline and the control group (P<0.05), and the physical component summary (PCS), mental component summary (MCS) were significantly improved (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Self-management education could effectively improve the symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea and quality of life.