Dysmenorrhea is one of the cyclical processes in chronic pelvic pain. Dysmenorrhea in women causes a high psychosocial and economic impact. For this reason, we conducted a study to assess the prevalence, impact and use of ...

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence, impact and treatment of primary dysmenorrhea among Mexican university students. Study design: A multiple-choice questionnaire was administered to 1539 students in six university ...

Background: Dysmenorrhea is a frequent and misdiagnosed symptom affecting the quality of life in young women. A working ability, location, intensity, days of pain, dysmenorrhea (WaLIDD) score was designed to diagnose ...

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a non-pharmacological technique used to relieve pain. In general, the literature states that the analgesic results obtained with TENS are true, but when subjected to a ...

Introduction: Dysmenorrhea is defined as cyclic pelvic pain related to the menstrual period and can be classified into primary (PD) or secondary dysmenorrhea, due to increased synthesis and release of prostaglandins. ...

Introduction: Dysmenorrhea is defined as colic pain in the hypogastrium that occurs during menstruation. In the literature, there are no studies that assess the functioning or disability associated with dysmenorrhea in ...

Objectives: The objective of the present study was to evaluate presenteeism due to dysmenorrhea in adult women. Methods: Our primary endpoints were presenteeism, assessed with the Stanford Presenteeism Scale-6 (SPS-6), ...