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Menstrual symptoms, attitudes and consulting behaviour

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  • Scambler, Annette
  • Scambler, Graham

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Menstrual symptoms are extremely common and yet consultation rates for menstrual symptoms are low. This paper examines the prevalence, nature and severity of the menstrual symptoms reported by a community sample of 79 women aged 16-44. A typology of women's attitudes towards menstruation is constructed. Level of menstrual symptom distress and attitudes towards menstruation are then incorporated into a typology of non-consulters for menstrual problems. Finally, some of the principal issues raised by this typology are discussed.

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  • Scambler, Annette & Scambler, Graham, 1985. "Menstrual symptoms, attitudes and consulting behaviour," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 20(10), pages 1065-1068, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:20:y:1985:i:10:p:1065-1068
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    1. Mike Armour & Kelly Parry & Mahmoud A Al-Dabbas & Christina Curry & Kathryn Holmes & Freya MacMillan & Tania Ferfolja & Caroline A Smith, 2019. "Self-care strategies and sources of knowledge on menstruation in 12,526 young women with dysmenorrhea: A systematic review and meta-analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(7), pages 1-18, July.
    2. Mikaeli Anne Carmichael & Rebecca Louise Thomson & Lisa Jane Moran & Thomas Philip Wycherley, 2021. "The Impact of Menstrual Cycle Phase on Athletes’ Performance: A Narrative Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-24, February.
    3. Elia Fernández-Martínez & María Dolores Onieva-Zafra & Ana Abreu-Sánchez & Juan José Fernández-Muñóz & María Laura Parra-Fernández, 2019. "Absenteeism during Menstruation among Nursing Students in Spain," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(1), pages 1-12, December.
    4. Mikaeli A. Carmichael & Rebecca L. Thomson & Lisa J. Moran & Joel R. Dunstan & Maximillian J. Nelson & Michael L. Mathai & Thomas P. Wycherley, 2021. "A Pilot Study on the Impact of Menstrual Cycle Phase on Elite Australian Football Athletes," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(18), pages 1-11, September.
    5. Santer, Miriam & Wyke, Sally & Warner, Pam, 2008. "Women's management of menstrual symptoms: Findings from a postal survey and qualitative interviews," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 66(2), pages 276-288, January.
    6. Graham Scambler & Annette Scambler, 1986. "Minor Psychiatric Morbidity and Menstruation," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 32(3), pages 9-15, September.
    7. Chou, Yueh-Ching & Lu, Zxy-yann J. & Pu, Cheng-yun & Lan, Chung-Fu, 2008. "Predictors of female worker attitudes towards menstruation and the provision of help to institutionalized women with intellectual disabilities in Taiwan," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 67(4), pages 540-545, August.

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