“Effectiveness of Aerobic Exercise on Dysmennorhoea among Adolescent Girls in Selected High Schools of Bagalkot, Karnataka.”

Abstract

Background of the study:

Adolescence in girls has been recognized as a special period which signifies the metamorphosis from girlhood to womanhood. One of the major physiological changes that take place in the adolescent girls is the onset of menarche, which is often associated with problems of irregular menstruation, excessive bleeding and dysmenorrhoea. Dysmenorrhoea is the term for painful menstruation. Aerobic exercises are found to be very beneficial for the treatment of menstrual problems. Aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness of aerobic exercises on dysmenorrhea among nursing students.

 Methods: Quasi- Experimental was conducted at VMS government high school, at navanagar Bagalkot Karanataka. Total study 101 students were selected by purposive sampling technique. .Written consent was taken from participants for the study. Socio demographic variables, Clinical characteristics ,and  Numeric Pain Rating Scale were used as tool for data collection.

Results: The present study revealed that mean pain score and standard deviation was 3.25 ± 3.29 before giving intervention and 2.25± 0.73 after giving intervention. The effectiveness was statistically tested by using paired t- test which revealed that t value = 6.08 and the result was found to be significant at p<0.001 level of significance. So, the results of the present study also revealed that, there was statistically significant association between the post-test level of dysmenorrhoea with the selected socio-demographic variables among nursing students at p<0.05 level of significance. The study concluded that, there was a decrease in level of pain during dysmenorrhoea after intervention (Aerobic exercises).