Period pain plagues med students: new study to measure toll on grades and life
NCT ID NCT07350902
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study will survey 402 female medical students at Sohag University to understand how period pain (primary dysmenorrhea) impacts their academic performance and quality of life. Participants will fill out two questionnaires about their pain and its effects. The goal is to gather information, not to test a treatment.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 402 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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Who is studied
A cross-sectional survey will be conducted in three randomly chosen faculties' in Sohag University, The sample will be selected as follow: * 3 medical faculties were selected randomly. \[Faculty of Medicine, and faculty of Nursing\] medical female students are the study population * Students will be selected by stratified random sampling technique. * Students from each grade except the first grade will be selected by using random sampling technique after fulfilling the eligibility criteria.
- Ages
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19 to 25 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * • Undergraduate females from the 3 selected faculties in Sohag University Exclusion Criteria: * • Students who will refuse to participate in this study. * Pregnant females \\ females with amenorrhea. * Females with gynecological problems as adenomyosis, uterine fibroids and others to exclude secondary dysmenorrhea
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sohag University
Sohag, Egypt
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