Natsumi Ishikawa, Yuka Ishizuka, Yukiko Kano, Junko Iida, Jun-Ichi Yamamoto
Exploring factors of successful transition to elementary school among children with autism spectrum disorder in Japan: a focus group study
International journal of developmental disabilities
premenstrual dysphoric disorder pmdd condition causing severe emotional physical behavioral symptoms menstruation greatly hinders daily activities affecting academic interpersonal relationships attention given premenstrual disorders among female students higher education result students susceptible stress academic success influenced various factors including menstrual cycle longterm outcomes consequences poorly researched even though pmdd significant negative impact students academic achievement success limited research conducted low middleincome countries including ethiopia especially study setting therefore study needed assess premenstrual dysphoric disorder associated factors among regular undergraduate students hawassa university institutionalbased crosssectional study conducted among 374 regular undergraduate female students hawassa university college medicine health sciences selfadministered structured premenstrual symptoms screening tool adolescents used assess premenstrual dysphoric disorder collected data loaded statistical package social science version 25 analyzed using bivariate multivariate logistic regression used identify factors associated premenstrual dysphoric disorder independent variable entered separately bivariate analysis variable pvalue less 025 included multivariate analysis adjust possible confounders statistically significant declared 95 confidence interval variable pvalue less 005 multivariate analysis premenstrual dysphoric disorder magnitude premenstrual dysphoric disorder study 626 95 ci 574675 severe premenstrual pain aor 64495ci 1024073 irregular menstrual cycle aor 221 95 ci 132370 students poor social support aor 51095ci 2761292 moderate social support aor 49395ci 2181118 students used contraception aor 37695ci 221640 statistically significant factors outcome variable prevalence premenstrual dysphoric disorder high compared studies strong link irregular menstrual cycle severe menstrual pain severe dysmenorrhea poor social support contraception use premenstrual dysphoric disorder needs early screening intervention prevent complications worsening symptoms affect students academic performance institution