Abstract:

Premenstrual syndrome is one of the problems seen in women in the reproductive age. This study was conducted as a identifying, relationship seeking to study the relationship between premenstrual syndrome and healthy lifestyle behaviors in university students. The study was conducted with 677 girls students at Mehmet Akif Ersoy University. The data of the study was collected using personal information form, Premenstrual Syndrome Scale, Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale-II. In the assessment of the data, the percentage, average, Chi-Square, Independent Samples t-test, Logistic regression analysis were used. The average age of students involved in the study is 20.27±1.60. 69.7 percent of students are studying at the faculty. When the menstrual history of participants was assessed; 73.3 percent of students said that the menstrual age was between 13-15 years old (the average menstrual age 13.32±1.19), the average menstrual frequency 27.65±3.68, 76.4 percent said that the menstrual time was between 5-7 days (the average menstrual time 5.86±1.38) and 87.6 percent said that they had regular menstruation, and 81.4 percent said that they had dysmenore. The study found that 62% of students experienced premenstrual syndrome. The student’s Premenstrual Syndrome Score score average is 121.30±34.02, the Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Score-II score average is 123.50±18.63. In this study; the presence of dysmenore, the use of salt without taste of food, the mother's premenstrual syndrome has been determined as factors affecting the premenstrual syndrome prevelancy in girls students. It has also been found that the underdimensions of mental development and nutritional behaviors of the Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale-II also affect the pre-menstrual syndrome. As a result, pre-menstrual syndrome in university students has been shown to have a high, healthy lifestyle behavior at a medium level. To deal with premenstrual syndrome and improve healthy lifestyle behaviors, women should be treated from the adolescent age.

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