Journal of Community Health Research

en Investigating the Relationship between Dysmenorrhea and Menstrual Disorders with the Type and Severity of Blood Pressure Disorders in Pregnancy in Bandar Abbas Hospitals in 2024 بهداشت عمومی Public Health پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;">Background: The current study aims to investigate the relationship between dysmenorrhea and menstrual disorders with the type and severity of blood pressure disorders in pregnancy in Bandar Abbas hospitals in 2024. Methods: This research is a cross-sectional study of the descriptive-analytic type. 404 pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy who were hospitalized in Bandar Abbas hospitals due to high blood pressure were included in this study. After receiving the consent form, the demographic-social and medical information form was recorded by a researcher from patients' files. The blood pressure of pregnant women was measured during hospitalization. The dysmenorrhea multidimensional scoring system questionnaire and checklist on other menstrual cycle disorders such as menorrhagia and menstrual irregularity were completed by the participants. After collecting the data, SPSS version 26 software was used to analyze the data. Results: According to the results of the present study, it has been shown that the average age of the patients was 30.43 ± 5.82. There is a significant positive correlation between primary dysmenorrhea and gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, eclampsia, and superimposed (p < 0.05). There is a significant positive correlation between secondary dysmenorrhea and gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and superimposed (p < 0.05). There is a significant positive correlation between menstrual disorders and gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, eclampsia, and superimposed (p < 0.05). There is a significant positive correlation between hypermenorrhea and gestational hypertension and superimposed (p < 0.05).         Conclusion: The results of the study showed that there is a significant relationship between menstrual disorders and hypertension in pregnancy.  </div> Hypertension, menstrual irregularity, Menorrhagia, dysmenorrhea 276 284 http://jhr.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2252-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Ashraf Beirami 0000-0002-4771-8509 No Department of Nursing, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran Maryam Naji Abhary 0000-0002-6852-3292 No Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Aboubakr Jafarnezhad 0000-0002-8794-7218 No Department of Epidemiology, Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Seydeh Zeynab Hoseinnezhad zeynabhoseinnezhad@gmail.com 0000-0002-2704-2003 Yes Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran