[Dysmenorrhea in adolescents: epidemio-clinical study at the referral health center, Bamako District. Report of 300 cases]. / La dysmenorhee chez l'adolescente : etude epidemio-clinique au centre de santede reference de la commune II du District de Bamako a propos de 300 cas.

This clinical epidemiological study has been conducted at the district hospital of Commune II in Bamako area.Dysmenorrhea has become a very common feature during out patients consultation. It affects almost one adolescent out of 3 examined during this study which represent 42, 8% of the studied population ranged from 10 to 19 years, with a men age of 16 years. Most of them were household women (50%),never pregnant (60%) and never delivery (64%). Most of them have been mainly claiming about contraction pain (33%) and discomfort (17,3%). The pain has been followed by asthenia (86,7%), and irritability (87,7%).Dysmenorrhea was a major cause of absenteism (48,3%). The factors influencing this type of dysmenorhea was the age and psychological stress.