A Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Premenstrual Syndrome and Coping Behaviour among Nursing Students of Selected Nursing College of District Solan Himachal Pradesh with View to Develop an Informational Booklet

Premenstrual syndrome is a group of changes that can affect you on many levels. They can be physical, emotional, or behavioral. The changes come 1-2 weeks before your period. Once your period starts or soon after it starts, they'll go away. Objectives: to assess the knowledge regarding premenstrual syndrome and coping behaviour among nursing students, to find out the association between the knowledge regarding premenstrual syndrome and coping behaviour with their selected socio-demographic variables, to determine the co-relationship between the knowledge regarding premenstrual syndrome among nursing students,. Methodology: A descriptive study was conducted in 2021 in selected Nursing College of District Solan (H. P) sample of 100 nursing students were selected by using convenient sampling technique. Result: The findings show the knowledge score was 15.12?4.086 and respectively coping behaviour score shows that 13.05?1.940. There was significant association between the knowledge regarding premenstrual syndrome with their selected socio-demographic variables (age in year, academic status of the student) and for the coping behaviour there is significant association between the coping behaviour regarding premenstrual syndrome with their selected socio-demographic variable (Age in menarche, area of resident). There was a significant co relationship between the knowledge regarding premenstrual syndrome and coping behaviour among the nursing students (correlation 0.315, t value 0.197 and p value pless than0.001). Conclusion: The present study was concluded that the majority of nursing students had moderate adequate knowledge and good coping behaviour regarding premenstrual syndrome.