Research Article
Prevalence, Management, and Impact of Dysmenorrhea on the Lives of Nurse and Midwife Trainees in Northern Ghana
Table 5
Management of dysmenorrhea among nurse and midwife trainees.
| Variables | Frequency (n = 202) | Percent (%) |
| Methods used to reduce pain | Pharmacological methods | 42 | 20.8 | Nonpharmacological methods | 27 | 13.4 | Both | 37 | 18.3 | Nothing to reduce pain | 96 | 47.5 | Type of medicine used to reduce pain (n = 79) | Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs | | | Antispasmodics | 52 | 65.8 | Both | 9 | 11.4 | Does not use medicine | 12 | 15.2 | Other | 6 | 7.6 | Time respondents start taking medication (n = 79) | Before pain appears | 17 | 21.5 | Appearance of pain regardless of its intensity | 15 | 19.0 | When pain becomes unbearable | 55 | 69.6 | Nonpharmacological methods to reduce pain (n = 64) | Consumption of sweets | 5 | 7.8 | Walk | 11 | 17.2 | Sleep | 38 | 59.4 | Massage of painful regions | 24 | 37.5 | Application of liquids or hot objects on the abdomen | 32 | 50.0 |
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Multiple responses allowed. Source: field data (2022). |