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

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04083131

Acronym

DysM et SOC

Enrollment

255

Registered

2019-09-10

Start date

2019-09-25

Completion date

2019-11-05

Last updated

2020-01-07

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Conditions

Primary Dysmenorrhea

Keywords

Sens of coherence, Primary dysmenorrhea, Salutogenesis, Teenagers

Brief 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.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

14 Years to 19 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* student in high schools * aged 14 and 19 years * with menstrual cycle

Exclusion criteria

* Illiteracy * student and parents opposition

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Presence / absence of dysmenorrhea	Inclusion - Day 0	Presence / absence of dysmenorrhea objectified by Visual Analogue Scale (EVA) from 0 to 10 indicating the average pain over the last 3 cycles (if greater than 3 without treatment = primary dysmenorrhea)
Sense of coherence	Inclusion - Day 0	Sense of coherence measured by the self-administered French SOC-13 questionnaire (Likert scale).

Countries

France

Outcome results