Ali Habiba Ejabo, Tadesse Tamrat Assefa, Beyene Dessale Abate, Gebremariam Girma Tekle
Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Department of Pharmacy, Asrat Woldeyes Health Science Campus, Debre Berhan University, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.
Int J Womens Health. 2024 Apr 20;16:707-716. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S454357. eCollection 2024.
Menstrual-related headache (MRH) is the most prevalent health condition among young females that limits productivity and social life. However, the magnitude of the problem and its characteristics have not been studied in Ethiopia.
This study aimed to assess the prevalence, characteristics, and treatment of MRH among undergraduate female students at the College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among undergraduate female students from May to June 2023. A random sample of 1000 females were approached who fulfilled the eligibility criteria using the online electronic method. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize participant characteristics. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify factors associated with the severity of pain. All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS version 26. A p-value ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Of the 1000 students who approached online, 757 were included in the final analyses. The prevalence of MRH was (86, 11.4%) and 32.6% of them has experienced the headache before two to three days of menses. The median number of days of missed social activities and reduced productivity was three and one day, respectively. Being single was 6.24 times more likely to have severe MRH (AOR = 6.24, 95% CI: 2.73-14.26, p=0.001) and pharmacy students were less likely (AOR = 0.31, 95% CI: 0.16-0.61, p = 0.001) to have severe pain.
Our findings illustrated that MRH among young female students adversely affects students' productivity and social life. This demands interventions to reduce the impact and should pay attention in the future, particularly to create awareness to enhance screening and rendering various treatment options for the target population.
经期相关头痛（MRH）是年轻女性中最普遍的健康问题，会影响工作效率和社交生活。然而，埃塞俄比亚尚未对该问题的严重程度及其特征进行研究。
本研究旨在评估埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴大学健康科学学院本科女学生中MRH的患病率、特征及治疗情况。
2023年5月至6月对本科女学生进行了一项横断面研究。采用在线电子方法随机抽取1000名符合入选标准的女性。使用描述性统计来总结参与者的特征。进行多因素逻辑回归分析以确定与疼痛严重程度相关的因素。所有统计分析均使用SPSS 26版进行。p值≤0.05被认为具有统计学意义。
在1000名通过网络联系的学生中，757名被纳入最终分析。MRH的患病率为（86，11.4%），其中32.6%的人在月经前两到三天出现头痛。错过社交活动和工作效率降低的天数中位数分别为三天和一天。单身女性患严重MRH的可能性是其他人的6.24倍（调整后比值比[AOR]=6.24，95%置信区间[CI]：2.73 - 14.26，p = 0.001），而药学专业学生患严重疼痛的可能性较小（AOR = 0.31，95% CI：0.16 - 0.61，p = 0.001）。
我们的研究结果表明，年轻女学生中的MRH对学生的工作效率和社交生活有不利影响。这需要采取干预措施来减少影响，未来应予以关注，特别是要提高认识，加强对目标人群的筛查并提供各种治疗选择。
