Background: Dysmenorrhea is the leading cause of gynecological morbidity in women
of reproductive age and it was found to have significant effect on day-to-day activities. Present
study aimed to assess prevalence of dysmenorrea and its effect on Student's Quality of Life
at Faculty of Nursing Beni-Sueff University. Subjects and Methods: This study was
exploratory descriptive, A convenient sample was selected from 516female students at faculty
of Nursing Beni-suef University Data collection tools:1) Socio-demographic Questionnaire
2) verbal multidimensional scoring system 3) Pediatric quality of life Generic Core Scales.
The results of the study revealed that the majority of the studied students suffered from
dysmenorrheal in different grads, most of them experienced grade 1, more than one third
experienced grade 2 and eighty percent of them experienced grade 3. Forty had moderate level
of quality of life in physical health while more than one third experienced low level in
psychological health, less than half experienced low level in social health and more than half
experienced low level in academic performance and there was highly statistical significant
correlation between dysmenorrheal and quality of life. The study concluded that the majority
of the studied students suffered from dysmenorrheal & it had negative effect on quality of life,
leading to absenteeism, reduced physical activity, loss of concentration, and poor social
relationship. So study recommended to conduct better quality population-based longitudinal
studies on the natural history of dysmenorrhea and on the effect of its risk factors across the
reproductive life course.