Influence of Physical Activity on Menstrual Pain Among Young Women in Ahmedabad

Background: menstrual pain is one of the most common gynecologic complaints. the purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between physical activity and menstrual pain among young women in Ahmedabad. Introduction: primary dysmenorrhea is menstrual discomfort without pelvic disease along with cramping abdominal pain associated with menses. it affects quality of life and physical activity of women. Any disturbance in menstrual pattern can eventually affects ones physical as well as psychological health which in term hamper the quality of life of women. according to early research women who does exercise have much less indication of menstrual pain than women with sedentary lifestyle. Methodology: The study conducted on 100 young women from Ahmedabad based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Women of age group 18 to 30 years were included. The outcome measure used for physical activity is international physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ) and for menstrual pain is numeric pain rating scale (NPRS) was filled by 101 individuals with menstrual pain and submitted through google form. Result: Data was analyzed by using SPSS 29.00 version. For the correlation between physical activity and menstrual pain spearman rho test was applied (r =-0.436 and p = less than 0.001). Conclusion: There is significant negative correlation between physical activity and menstrual pain among young women. study suggest that subjects with higher physical activity have lower menstrual pain.