RT Journal Article
T1 Menstrual Problems and Lifestyle among Spanish UniversityWomen
A1 Fernández Martínez, Elia
A1 Fernández Villa, Tania
A1 Amezcua Prieto, Carmen
A1 Morales Suárez-Varela, María
AB Menstrual problems affect many young women worldwide, conditioning both theiracademic performance and quality of life. This study sought to analyse the prevalence of menstrualproblems and their possible relationship with lifestyle among Spanish university women, as part of aresearch project (UniHcos Project) involving a cohort of 11 Spanish universities with 7208 universitystudents. A descriptive analysis was performed using the bivariate chi-square test and the Student’st-test together with a binary logistic regression, in which the dependent variable was ‘suffering frommenstrual problems’. Menstrual problems were identified in 23.8% of the students, representingwomen who paid more visits to the doctor and to emergency rooms, and who consumed morepainkillers and contraceptives. In relation to dietary preferences, menstrual problems were 1.39 (CI 95% 1.22–1.61; p = 0.000) times more likely among women classified as high-risk alcohol usersaccording to the AUDIT questionnaire, and 1.187 (CI 95% 1.029–1.370; p = 0.019) times greater amongthose who consumed sweets daily, 1.592 (CI 95% 1.113–2.276; p = 0.011) times more frequent amongthose who eat fish daily, and 1.199 (CI 95% 1.004–1.432; p = 0.045) times greater among those whowere dieting. Menstrual problems affect many college students and potentially modifiable lifestylevariables exist which may influence their prevalence. It would be interesting to develop programmesto promote women’s health in the university context.
PB MDPI
SN 1660-4601
YR 2020
FD 2020-10
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19092
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19092
LA eng
NO Fernández Martínez, E., Fernández Villa, T., Amezcua Prieto, C. ...  Morales Suárez-Varela, M. (2020). Menstrual Problems and Lifestyle among Spanish University Women. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(20), 7425. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207425
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026