The Relation Between Symptoms of Premenstrual Term of Nurses Who Work in Kars and Predisposition to Somatization

Abstract

This research is conducted to determine the relation between symptoms of premenstrual term of nurses who work in Kars and predisposition to somatization. This is a cross-sectional research. The population of this research are consisted of 108 nurses who work in Kars Kafkas University Training and Research Hospital in the process of the study. Any sample from population is not selected however 87 nurses who are proper for study criterias and present at the time of research participated voluntarily. During data collection Survey, premenstrual syndrome scale and somatization scale are used by researcher. Descriptive statistics (average, standard deviation, minimum, maximum), frequencies for categorical variables (score, percentage), t test, Mann Whitney U, Pearson Corelation, Kruskal-Wallis test are used while data evaluation. The level of Premenstrual Syndrom of the participants 124,80±42,969. Somatization level is 14,49±5,471. It is found 49% positive way relation between Somatization and Premenstrual Syndrom as a result of corelation analysis applied. As a result of research it is determined that there is a signicifant relation between Premenstrual Syndrom and Somatization. It is detected that women who has Premenstrual Syndrom are negatively affected in daily and working life.