Christopher Watling, David Sandomierski, Sophie Poinar, Jennifer Shaw, Kori LaDonna
The courage to advocate: How two professions approach public advocacy work
Medical education
menstruation natural phenomenon considered important indicator womens health reflecting endocrine function women low middle income countries face substantial menstrual hygiene management challenges data knowledge dysmenorrhea healthrelated practices among malaysian women scarce present study aimed investigate prevalence dysmenorrhea among malaysian women kuala lumpur association sociodemographic factors knowledge level general practices crosssectional study carried among malaysian women kuala lumpur total 362 unmarried women nulliparous aged 18 25 years old included study participants conveniently recruited online platforms well face face using selfadministered questionnaire five sections consisting demographics menstrual characteristics working ability location intensity days pain dysmenorrhea walidd score diagnosing assessing severity dysmenorrhea well evaluation respondents general knowledge practices towards dysmenorrhea collected data analysed using spss tool descriptive statistic used report demographic characteristics inferential statistics used report differentiation association correlations variables prevalence primary dysmenorrhea 732 found majority respondents poor knowledge 60 poor practices 6188 dysmenorrhea common preventive practices among respondents using dietary supplements herbs taking rest exercising findings also indicated dysmenorrhea among respondents significantly associated family history dysmenorrhea p 0002 monthly income p 0001 knowledge level p 0001 dysmenorrhea high prevalence among women malaysia kula lumpur driven low knowledge lack evidencebased practices among women thus critical government healthcare authorities promote education related women health among malaysian women