EXPERIENCE OF ADOLESCENTS WITH PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME AND INFORMATION-FOCUSED THERAPY (IFT) FOR REDUCING ITS AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS

2017-11-05

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Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) refers to physical and emotional symptoms that occur before menstruation. PMS is a health problem experienced by around 20-40% of women. The symptoms of PMS affects quality of women’s life. Information-Focused Therapy (IFT) is a non-pharmacological treatment that is effective therapy as an treatment of PMS. This research aimed to find out the effect of IFT in decreasing PMS of adolescent and to described their experience. A Mixed Methods study used sequential exploratory approach. Number of respondents were 26 and 6 female students as informants of SMK Puragabaya Bandung, West Java, that met criteria of PMS based on American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG). IFT were presented with information about PMS, nutritional for PMS, activity recommendations, and relaxation management. The data were collected from the questionnaires about symptoms and the results of in-depth interviews. The analysis of data used Paired Sample T-Test and Colaizzi method for data qualitative. Results: Paired t-test was used find out changes of symptoms before and after giving IFT (p=0.003). There is a decrease of symptoms before and after IFT. Six themes were found: PMS perceived as a change that affects the psychological, behavioral and physical; PMS interfere activities and social relationships; Adolescents prefer non-pharmacological treatment to PMS; The Handling of PMS based on Family suggestions; IFT can decrease affective symptoms; and Perception of adolescent being more positif after IFT. Conclusion: IFT effective in reducing PMS. Therefore, nurses have a role to apply IFT for PMS. Keywords: adolescent, premenstrual syndrome, information-focused therapy