Sense of Coherence and Primary Dysmenorrhea in High School Girls in Finistere, France (DysM et SOC)

Regional University Hospital Center (CHRU)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Primary Dysmenorrhea

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04083131

DysM et SOC (29BRC19.0112)

Details and patient eligibility

About

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).

Full 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.

Enrollment

255 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

14 to 19 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria