Abstract

Background Dysmenorrhea is a common problem in women of reproductive age Aim The present study is aimed at assessing the prevalence of dysmenorrhea and its correlates in free living adult rural women of Chittoor District Andhra Pradesh India Subjects and Methods In this study 752 married rural women in the age range of 20 to 40 years are screened by employing multistage random sampling technique Data on life styles socioeconomic conditions self reported health status and menstrual characteristics has been procured through pre-validated questionnaires Results Menstrual problems are noticed to an extent of 31 9 respectively Primary dysmenorrhea 29 9 and Menorrhagia 2 1 In the present sample 12 of the women are suffering from oligomenorrhea and 9 with hypermenorrhea Multivariate binary logistic regression analysis have revealed that subjects with poor self rated health have 4 689 times the risk of developing dysmenorrhea