TY - JOUR
A1 - Raghunath, Sukanya
A1 - Raghuram, Nagarathna
A1 - Ravi, Sandhya
A1 - Ram, Nidhi
A1 - Ram, Amritanshu
T1 - Prevalence of mastalgia in young Indian females
Y1 - 2015/9/1
JF - Journal of Health Research and Reviews
JO - J Health Res Rev
SP - 108
EP - 111
VL - 2
IS - 3
UR - https://www.jhrr.org/article.asp?issn=2394-2010;year=2015;volume=2;issue=3;spage=108;epage=111;aulast=Raghunath
DO - 10.4103/2394-2010.168368
N2 - Introduction: Mastalgia is a common breast disorder with highly variable prevalence estimates ranging 41–79%. The prevalence in Indian young females is not much studied. Materials and Methods: The study was carried out on young female students aged 18–29 years from four different nursing colleges at Ramanagaram District, South India. After signing the informed consent, students filled up the basic details demographic data and specific breast history checklist. Results: The prevalence of mastalgia was 47.33% (354 out of 748), of which 88.70% (314) had cyclical mastalgia (CM) and 9.89% (35) had acyclic mastalgia (ACM). Students who had low body mass index (BMI) had higher risk for mastalgia as compared to those with normal BMI [relative risk (RR) = 1.063] or high BMI (RR = 1.685). Moderately stressed students were at higher (RR = 0.771) risk of mastalgia compared to those with low stress. Students with high stress levels were also at a higher (RR = 0.787) risk compared to those with low stress. Conclusions: The prevalence of mastalgia was 47.33% among 748 young females from four nursing colleges in Karnataka, India.
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