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“We don’t complain; it’s just part of being a woman”: frequency, knowledge, and sociocultural beliefs about dysmenorrhoea in a South African university cohort

2026-06-10

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<h4>Introduction</h4> Dysmenorrhoea is highly prevalent globally and interferes with engagement in education, work, social participation, and quality of life. Although evidence suggests that sociocultural beliefs influence how menstrual pain is understood and managed, relatively little research has explored dysmenorrhoea-related knowledge and beliefs within South Africa. This study aimed to (1) determine the freq...

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Literature Corpus work: 21ff023b-5cbe-5f50-8221-2d8a4a4718c2
DOI: 10.64898/2026.06.10.26355353

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