Prevalence of premenstrual symptoms among HIN graduates

ABSTRACT

This study was done to find out the prevalence of perimenstrual symptoms among nurses and to find out the extent to which perimenstrual symptoms affect their work capacity and performance. The study was carried out at two different settings, on a randomly selected sample of 112 Higher Institute of Nursing graduates. They were interviewed according to a predesigned interview schedule. The results of this study revealed that premenstrual physical symptoms were quite prevalent and more severe among the study sample than psychologjcal perimenstrual symptoms. It was also observed that severe physical and psychological perimenstrual symptoms lead to undesirable consequences as lack of concentration and decreased work capacity and performance among nurses