title: [Analysis of self-management education on improving the symptoms of female college students with primary dysmenorrhea in Shaoyang].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the effect of self-management education on improving symptoms of female college students with primary dysmenorrhea and the health-related quality of life.
  
  
  METHODS
  Female students with primary dysmenorrhea were chosen for the questionnaire in two colleges at Shaoyang. The female students were assigned to an interventional group and a control group. The interventional group (n=195) received self-management education for 6 months, while the control group (n=196) did not receive any intervention. We compared the symptoms scores, VAS, dysmenorrheal degree and health-related quality of life between the 2 groups before and after the intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After the intervention, the scores of symptoms, VAS and degree of dysmenorrhea were significantly lower than the baseline and the control group (P<0.05), and the physical component summary (PCS), mental component summary (MCS) were significantly improved (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Self-management education could effectively improve the symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea and quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Shaoyang Medical College, Shaoyang Hunan 422000;. Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China.
authors.forename: Huilan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D019468:Disease Management; D004412:Dysmenorrhea / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life; D012648:Self Care; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities