Park Young-Joo, Shin Hyunjeong, Jeon Songi, Cho Inhae, Kim Yae-Ji
College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea.
Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service, Kangwon 26465, Korea.
Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Jan 7;9(1):56. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9010056.
Menstruation is one of the important indicators of reproductive health. Therefore, in order to improve the reproductive health of women in puberty and early adulthood, it is necessary to investigate menstrual health and symptoms. This cross-sectional descriptive correlational study was conducted to identify young women's menstrual cycle patterns, prevalence of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS), Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and the relationships of health-related factors according to menstrual regularity and PCOS. 462 women participated in the first phase of the study and completed the menstrual health and health-related behaviors questionnaire. In the second phase, 88 women with irregular menstruation in phase one had blood tests taken and body composition measured. As a result, Menarche was slightly later in irregular menstruation group. Women with regular menstruation had a mean number of 11.7 menstrual cycles over the past year, 93.0% of them reported a normal menstruation cycle frequency (21-35 days), 95.2% reported a normal duration (2-7 days) and 55.9% of participants had heavy menstrual bleeding. In the irregular menstrual group, there were higher percentages of underweight and obese women as well as more women experiences weight and diet changes. The estimated prevalence rates of PMS and PCOS were 25.5%, 5.2% respectively. This study provides updated basic data about menstrual health among Korean young women but more extensive and sophisticated studies are needed in the future.
月经是生殖健康的重要指标之一。因此，为了改善青春期和成年早期女性的生殖健康，有必要调查月经健康及相关症状。本横断面描述性相关性研究旨在确定年轻女性的月经周期模式、经前综合征（PMS）和多囊卵巢综合征（PCOS）的患病率，以及根据月经规律和PCOS情况分析健康相关因素之间的关系。462名女性参与了研究的第一阶段，并完成了月经健康及健康相关行为问卷。在第二阶段，对第一阶段中88名月经不规律的女性进行了血液检测和身体成分测量。结果显示，月经初潮在月经不规律组中稍晚。月经规律的女性在过去一年中平均月经周期数为11.7次，其中93.0%报告月经周期频率正常（21 - 35天），95.2%报告经期持续时间正常（2 - 7天），55.9%的参与者有月经过多的情况。在月经不规律组中，体重过轻和肥胖女性的比例更高，且有更多女性经历体重和饮食变化。PMS和PCOS的估计患病率分别为25.5%、5.2%。本研究提供了有关韩国年轻女性月经健康的最新基础数据，但未来还需要更广泛、更深入的研究。
