Conference abstract
Psychosocial stressors and coping styles associated with menstruation among female adolescents in Baptist girl's high school, Gbodofon, Osogbo, Osun state
Pan African Medical Journal - Conference Proceedings. 2021:12(19).01
Nov 2021.
doi: 10.11604/pamj-cp.2021.12.19.1238
Archived on: 01 Nov 2021
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Keywords: Psychosocial stressors, coping styles, menstruation, adolescent
Oral presentation
Psychosocial stressors and coping styles associated with menstruation among female adolescents in Baptist girl's high school, Gbodofon, Osogbo, Osun state
Elizabeth Awoniyi Olayimika1, Gifty OG Oyadiranยน
1Department of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria
&Corresponding author
Background: One of the major physiological changes that occur in adolescent girls is the onset of menstruation, the first of which is called menarche. Menstruation is a natural monthly cyclic process during the reproductive years of females that involves the discharge of blood and other contents from the uterus through the vagina. Evidence suggests that female adolescents experience a number of psychosocial stressors during menstruation, but little has been researched on how Nigerian girls cope during this experience. Objectives: This study is to determine the psychosocial stressors and coping styles associated with menstruation among female adolescents in Baptist Girl's High School, Gbodofon, Osogbo, Osun State. Method: Data were collected through self-structured questionnaire with informed consent and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 21.0 version. Descriptive statistics such as frequency tables and percentages were used to analyze demographic characteristics while inferential statistics, Pearson's Chi square was used to test hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. Results: The study revealed that majority of the respondents 80(35.6%) are within 16-18 years, showing that majority of the respondents are in their late adolescent stage. Most of the respondents 135(60%) started menstruating at age 13-15. All 225(100%) have heard of menstruation before. The mood swings commonly experienced by the respondents during the menstrual cycle were irritability 87(38.7%), frustration 52(23.1%), and about one-fifth 45(20%) experience anger. An overwhelming majority 210(93.3%) experience pain during menstruation. In a bid to cope with and to relieve menstrual pain, most of the respondents 92(40.9%) use medication, 45(20%) apply warm compress to the abdomen, and 8(3.6%) see the doctor. A significant relationship was found between knowledge on menstruation and age at (p=0.003), coping styles at (p=0.030) and the psychosocial stressors associated with menstruation at (p=0.000). Implication to Nursing: The findings of the study is useful to nurses in the care of female adolescents during menstruation either in the hospital settings or the society. It provides evidence-based information for the improvement of the standard of care of female adolescents during menstruation. Nurses should teach adolescents ways to manage the psychosocial stressors during menstruation.
Psychosocial stressors and coping styles associated with menstruation among female adolescents in Baptist girl's high school, Gbodofon, Osogbo, Osun state
Elizabeth Awoniyi Olayimika1, Gifty OG Oyadiranยน
1Department of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria
&Corresponding author
Background: One of the major physiological changes that occur in adolescent girls is the onset of menstruation, the first of which is called menarche. Menstruation is a natural monthly cyclic process during the reproductive years of females that involves the discharge of blood and other contents from the uterus through the vagina. Evidence suggests that female adolescents experience a number of psychosocial stressors during menstruation, but little has been researched on how Nigerian girls cope during this experience. Objectives: This study is to determine the psychosocial stressors and coping styles associated with menstruation among female adolescents in Baptist Girl's High School, Gbodofon, Osogbo, Osun State. Method: Data were collected through self-structured questionnaire with informed consent and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 21.0 version. Descriptive statistics such as frequency tables and percentages were used to analyze demographic characteristics while inferential statistics, Pearson's Chi square was used to test hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. Results: The study revealed that majority of the respondents 80(35.6%) are within 16-18 years, showing that majority of the respondents are in their late adolescent stage. Most of the respondents 135(60%) started menstruating at age 13-15. All 225(100%) have heard of menstruation before. The mood swings commonly experienced by the respondents during the menstrual cycle were irritability 87(38.7%), frustration 52(23.1%), and about one-fifth 45(20%) experience anger. An overwhelming majority 210(93.3%) experience pain during menstruation. In a bid to cope with and to relieve menstrual pain, most of the respondents 92(40.9%) use medication, 45(20%) apply warm compress to the abdomen, and 8(3.6%) see the doctor. A significant relationship was found between knowledge on menstruation and age at (p=0.003), coping styles at (p=0.030) and the psychosocial stressors associated with menstruation at (p=0.000). Implication to Nursing: The findings of the study is useful to nurses in the care of female adolescents during menstruation either in the hospital settings or the society. It provides evidence-based information for the improvement of the standard of care of female adolescents during menstruation. Nurses should teach adolescents ways to manage the psychosocial stressors during menstruation.
