Effects of a social-media-based support on premenstrual syndrome and physical activity among female university students in South Korea
- 주제(키워드) Social-media-based support , premenstrual syndrome , premenstrual symptom , physical activity , female university students
- 주제(기타) Psychology, Clinical
- 주제(기타) Obstetrics & Gynecology
- 주제(기타) Psychiatry
- 설명문(일반) [Nam, Su Jin] Univ Hong Kong, Sch Nursing, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Peoples R China; [Cha, Chiyoung] Ewha Womans Univ, Coll Nursing, 52,Ewhayeodae Gil, Seoul 03760, South Korea; [Cha, Chiyoung] Ewha Womans Univ, Ewha Res Inst Nursing Sci, 52,Ewhayeodae Gil, Seoul 03760, South Korea
- 등재 SCIE, SSCI, SCOPUS
- 발행기관 TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- 발행년도 2020
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000175786
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0167482X.2018.1559811
- PubMed https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30829097
초록/요약
Introduction: This study examined the effects of social-media-based support on premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and physical activity among female South Korean university students.Methods: This quasi-experimental study with an equivalent-control-group pretest-posttest design randomly assigned 64 female students with PMS to the experimental or control group. The experimental group received social-media-based support through a smartphone application, text messaging, and e-mail for one menstrual cycle between September and December, 2016. Descriptive and inferential statistics included a Chi-square test and independent and paired t-tests.Results: Significant differences emerged between the experimental and control groups in total PMS scores (p=.003), 14 premenstrual symptoms, and physical activity (p=.010).Conclusions: Female university students with PMS experienced decreased premenstrual symptoms and increased physical activity with social-media-based support, which could be an efficacious, accessible, and widely available nursing intervention to manage PMS and physical activity.
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