Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Implementing of mental health training programs for promotion of health affected teenage girls to premenstrual syndrome: A community‑based study

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

. Maliheh Abootalebi
. Mansoureh Dehghani 1
. Marzieh Akbarzadeh 2

1 Departments of Community Health Nursing and Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

2 Department of Midwifery, Maternal‑Fetal Medicine Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract
BACKGROUND: Mental health is one of the major determinants of a person’s health which has
a significant impact on the quality of life. Implementing of mental health training programs for
promotion of health affected teenage girls to premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in Shiraz, southern
Iran: a community‑based study.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study is randomized controlled trial done on 100 teenage girls
affected to PMS in Shiraz‑Iran (selected from400 girls). Multistage cluster sampling method was
used f or sampling. In the intervention group, six training sessions were held twice a week for 2 h.
For data collection, Standard Goldberg Mental Health Questionnaire‑28 and Premenstrual Symptoms
Screening Tool were used. For data analysis, independent t‑test and Chi‑square statistics were used
at significant level of 0.05.
RESULTS: The average age was (16.56 ± 0.92) and (16.24 ± 1.45) in the intervention and control
groups, respectively. The average intensity of physical complaints, level of anxiety and sleep disorder,
level of social functions disorders and depression were significantly lower in the group of training
classes than control group (P < 0.001).
CONCLUSION: Appropriate training‑care programs are effective in reducing stress and improving
mental health, prevention and treatment of mental disorders, emotional growth, and development
of communication skills among female students with premenstrual syndrome.

Keywords

Training‑care programs
mental health
premenstrual syndrome
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Journal of Education and Health Promotion
Volume 10, Issue 6
June 2020
Pages 1-6

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