Author/Authors :
Kharaghani Roghieh نويسنده Tobacco Prevention and Control Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis & Lung Disease, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Scie , Damghanian Maryam نويسنده Department of Pediatrics, Shahrood University of Medical Sciences, Shahrood, Semnan, Iran. Damghanian Maryam
Abstract :
Context Dysmenorrhea is the most common gynecological complaint in
Iran but the true prevalence of it is not clear yet. This study is aimed
to estimate the overall prevalence of dysmenorrhea in Iran. Evidence
Acquisition International and national electronic databases including
PubMed, ISI, Ovid, Scopus, Science Direct, SID, MagIran and IranMedex
were searched up to January 2016. All studies, in which the prevalence
of dysmenorrhea in Iran had been reported, were included in this
meta-analysis. Eligible studies were reviewed, and data was extracted
onto a standard data sheet. A Meta-analysis was done by a random-effects
model with a 95% confidence interval (CI). Results Twenty-five studies
were assessed involving an overall of 9,677 participants, of which 6,748
had primary dysmenorrhea and 280 had secondary dysmenorrhea. The overall
prevalence of primary and secondary dysmenorrhea was 0.71 (95% CI: 0.65,
0.77) and 0.18 (95% CI: 0.03, 0.32), respectively. Conclusions Primary
dysmenorrhea is a common problem in Iran however, there are only a few
studies regarding secondary dysmenorrhea prevalence. Moreover, there is
a significant variation between the results of the studies on the
primary dysmenorrhea prevalence. Therefore, further evidence-based data
on national studies is needed to estimate the exact estimation of
dysmenorrhea prevalence in Iran.
