A study to assess the prevalence and knowledge regarding dysmenorrhea among BSc (N) 2nd Semester students with a view tom create awareness at selected College of Nursing at Bhilai, Chhattisgarh

The present study “A study to assess the prevalence and knowledge regarding dysmenorrhea among BSc (N) 2nd Semester students with a view to create awareness at selected College of Nursing Bhilai, Chhattisgarh” was connected as a partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of bachelor of science in nursing from PG College of Nursing at Bhilai, Chhattisgarh and Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Memorial Health Science and AYUSH University of Chhattisgarh, Raipur. Non experimental descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study and 50 students studying in PG College nursing Bhilai, were chosen considering the proximity availability of sample through purposive sampling. A self-structured questionnaire was used to assess the prevalence and knowledge regarding dysmenorrhea. Data was analyzed and prevalence of dysmenorrhea revealed that maximum 28(56%) were having moderate dysmenorrhea, 17(34%) were having mild dysmenorrhea, 4(8%) were having severe dysmenorrhea and only 1(2%) was not having dysmenorrhea at all. Regarding knowledge of dysmenorrhea, it was revealed that maximum number of subjects 38(76%) were having average knowledge, 7(14%) was having poor knowledge and only 5(10%) were having good knowledge regarding dysmenorrhea.
The study concluded with some recommendation that Dysmenorrhea is a common health problem among graduating students and nurses should educate to reduce the physical and psychological stress that happens to females and their families.