NCT04083131

Sense of Coherence and Primary Dysmenorrhea in High School Girls in Finistere, France

Sense of Coherence and Primary Dysmenorrhea in High School Girls in Finistere: Cross-sectional Observational Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 255 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Brest · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 14 Years – 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the relation between sens of coherence and primary dysmenorrhea. Aself-questionnaire is completed by a sample of girls aged between 14 and 19, schooled in Finistère (France).

Detailed description

Primary dysmenorrhea affects more than 60% of adolescent girls. Menstrual pain increases absenteeism and lowers self-esteem and academic performance. Moreover, dysmenorrheal women suffer more depression and anxiety. Sense of coherence (SOC) is composed of three items: * comprehensibility: what the person understands about his illness * manageability: what the person does to cope * meaningfulness: what the disease means to the person. A high SOC score is related to good mental and physical health. The aim of this study will be to determine if there is a relationship between primary dysmenorrhea and the sense of coherence. A self-questionnaire composed of the SOC-13 and a scale evaluating dysmenorrhea will be proposed in the voluntary high schools of Finistère (France) to the girls of the classes chosen at random.

Conditions

• Primary Dysmenorrhea

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-09-25
• Primary completion: 2019-11-05
• Completion: 2019-11-05
• First posted: 2019-09-10
• Last updated: 2020-01-07

Locations

6 sites across 1 country: France