Prevalence and Predictors of Dysmenorrhea, Its Effect, and Coping Mechanisms among Adolescents in Shai Osudoku District, Ghana

Table 4

Prevalence of mostly ignore the pain, practices self-medication, engages in physical exercise, use home remedies to reduce the pain, and consult a physician based on dysmenorrhea.

Variables	Dysmenorrhea		Total (%)	value
	No (%)	Yes (%)
Mostly ignore the pain
No	93 (42.9)	201 (43.4)	294 (43.2)	>0.89
Yes	124 (57.1)	262 (56.6)	386 (56.8)
Practices self-medication
No	149 (68.7)	303 (65.4)	452 (66.5)	>0.41
Yes	68 (31.3)	160 (34.6)	228 (33.5)
Engages in physical exercise
No	193 (88.9)	394 (85.1)	587 (86.3)	>0.17
Yes	24 (11.1)	69 (14.9)	93 (13.7)
Home remedies used to reduce the pain
None	131 (60.4)	260 (56.2)	391 (57.5)	>0.19
Rest	58 (26.7)	119 (25.7)	177 (26.0)
Hot application	19 (8.8)	53 (11.4)	72 (10.6)
Herbs	9 (4.1)	31 (6.7)	40 (5.9)
Consult a physician
No	182 (83.9)	373 (80.6)	555 (81.6)	>0.30
Yes	35 (16.1)	90 (19.4)	125 (18.4)