Prevalence of dysmenorrhea in university students and its relation to school absenteism, physical exercise and use of medicines

• Main Authors: Janaina Mayer de Oliveira Nunes (Author), Jessica do Amaral Rodrigues (Author), Mara Suellem de Freitas Moura (Author), Sávia Rene Cavalcante Batista (Author), Susan Karolliny Silva Fontenele Coutinho (Author), Fuad Ahmad Hazime (Author), André Luiz dos Reis Barbosa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de Fortaleza, 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To determine the prevalence of dysmenorrhea in female university students and the frequency of school absenteeism, physical exercise and use of medicines to treat the syndrome. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted with university students using a self-administered questionna...