Health beliefs and coping strategies regarding premenstrual syndrome among health college students at Qassim University

https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6nS8.13145

Authors

  • Shereen Ahmed A. Qalawa Associate professor, Department of Medical- Surgical Nursing, College of Nursing, Qassim University, KSA & Professor, Department of Medical- Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port-Said University, Egypt
  • Hind Omar Alsuhaibani Bachelor of nursing Sciences, College of Nursing , Qassim University, KSA
  • Atheer Abdullah Alluhaydan Bachelor of nursing Sciences, College of Nursing , Qassim University, KSA
  • Amjad Ayidh Alghaidani Bachelor of nursing Sciences, College of Nursing, Qassim University, KSA

Keywords:

health beliefs, coping strategies, premenstrual syndrome, health college students

Abstract

Background: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is considered as a cyclic late luteal phase disorder of the menstrual period in which affected women daily living activities and their quality of life which recognized as a series psychological and physical indicators such as grief, anxiety, psychological disturbances, decreased daily living activities, fatigue, altered dietary habits, and sleep pattern disturbances. Aim : to identify health beliefs and coping strategies regarding Premenstrual syndrome among health college students at Qassim University .Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive research design was used for carried out this study on Convenience sampling from all available students at the healthy colleges aged 18-25 years old from 2 nd to 4 th levels (239) female students from Medicine , Nursing , Pharmacy Applied medical sciences Medical rehabilitation and Dentistry at Qassim university . The data was collected by  using 3 self-administered tools  to collect data as follows ; First tool: includes socio-demographic  data contained 11 questions ; Second tool: it measures the health beliefs of premenstrual syndrome contained 25 questions ; Third tool is to measures coping strategies for premenstrual syndrome it contained 33 questions. 

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Published

30-09-2022

How to Cite

Qalawa, S. A. A., Alsuhaibani, H. O., Alluhaydan, A. A., & Alghaidani, A. A. (2022). Health beliefs and coping strategies regarding premenstrual syndrome among health college students at Qassim University. International Journal of Health Sciences, 6(S8), 4264–4277. https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6nS8.13145

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