YANG Jingwei, WANG Hong, HE Fang, PENG Linli, RAN Min, DIAO Hua. Effect of menarche on quality of life among adolescent girls in Chongqing[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2018, 39(4): 519-521,525. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2018.04.011
Citation:
YANG Jingwei, WANG Hong, HE Fang, PENG Linli, RAN Min, DIAO Hua. Effect of menarche on quality of life among adolescent girls in Chongqing[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2018, 39(4): 519-521,525. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2018.04.011
YANG Jingwei, WANG Hong, HE Fang, PENG Linli, RAN Min, DIAO Hua. Effect of menarche on quality of life among adolescent girls in Chongqing[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2018, 39(4): 519-521,525. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2018.04.011
Citation:
YANG Jingwei, WANG Hong, HE Fang, PENG Linli, RAN Min, DIAO Hua. Effect of menarche on quality of life among adolescent girls in Chongqing[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2018, 39(4): 519-521,525. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2018.04.011
Objective To investigate possible influences of menarche on quality of life.Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted to collect information on quality of life,age at menarche among 1 690 adolescent girls selected through stratified cluster sampling from 8 schools (4 primary schools,4 middle schools) in Chongqing.Results Mter adjusting confounding factors (age),menarche has significant effects on physical and social dimension,as well as total quality of life (F=6.10,11.13 and 5.36,P<0.05).When age was included as an concomitant variable,partial correlation analysis showed that age at menarche has no correlation with quality of life.Health education,active learning by themselves and through parents associated with higher quality of life (β =0.120,0.130,0.120,P<0.05) only among girls had menstrual period.Conclusion Menarche has significant impact on quality of life among adolescent girls.Future specific intervention should be developed to improve quality of life among this population.