Prevalence, Management, and Impact of Dysmenorrhea on the Lives of Nurse and Midwife Trainees in Northern Ghana

Table 4

Symptoms associated with dysmenorrhea.

Variables	Frequency (n = 202)	Percent (%)
Symptoms associated with dysmenorrhea
Vomiting	31	15.4
Headache	86	42.6
Sweating	37	18.3
Loss of appetite for food	136	67.3
Insomnia	36	17.8
Fatigue/feeling dizzy	94	46.5
Agitation/irritability	57	28.2
Only the pain appears	31	15.4
Most annoying symptom accompanying pain
Vomiting	23	11.4
Headache	28	13.9
Sweating	8	4.0
Loss of appetite for food	49	24.3
Insomnia	14	6.9
Fatigue/feeling dizzy	50	24.7
Agitation/irritability	30	14.8

Multiple responses allowed. Source: field data (2022).