[Dysmenorrhea in adolescents: epidemio-clinical study at the referral health center, Bamako District. Report of 300 cases].

Autor: Diarra I; Maternité de garnison de Kati., Kouyaté YM, Sow SA, Maiga MK
Jazyk: francouzština
Zdroj: Le Mali medical [Mali Med] 2009; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 55-8.
Abstrakt: 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.
Databáze: MEDLINE