The Effects of Dysmenorrhea to Lifestyle: A Case Study on Female Students in Malaysia

Abstract

A survey was carried out in 2017, to analyze the occurrence of dysmenorrhea among female
students. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 201 female subjects, with the
questionnaire contained the general information of the participants and questions related to
menstruation. The survey were conducted through face-to-face and online approaches. The results
indicated that the occurrence of dysmenorrhea among female students was 80 %, with majority of
them had biased body constitution. The top three biased constitutions in the dysmenorrhea group
were qi deficiency constitution, qi stagnation constitution and yin deficiency constitution. The
main trigger factors to the occurrence of dysmenorrhea and causing the severity of dysmenorrhea
were the stress and dietary biased.