The study was conducted among 250 adolescent girls ofselected women's colleges at Ernakulam. Non probability purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample. Structured questionnaire was used for assessing the socio demographic characteristics and clinical data on BMI and menstruation. Rating scale was used for assessing the discomforts experienced by the adolescent girls during dysmenorrhea and standardized numeric pain rating scalewas used for assessing the pain experienced by the girls during theirmenstrual cycle.The results ofthe study revealed that 50. 4%ofthe adolescent girls belong to underweight category and 49. 6% of the adolescent girls belong to normal weight category. Regarding the prevalence of dysmenorrhea : 0.4% ofsamples had mild pain, 41.2 % ofsamples had moderate pain, and 58.4 % had severe pain. Pearson correlationCoefcient test indicated a negative correlation (-0.753) betweenmenstrual pain andBMIwhich issignicant at 0.01 level.It indicatesthe inverse relation ofBMIwith menstrualpain.Results alsorevealedthatBMI andnumericalpainratingscorehavenoassociationwithselecteddemographicvariables
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