Effect of premenstural syndrome on work motivation and work performance: Study on chiropraktists

The menstrual cycle is a physiological event that occurs every month in every healthy woman. This cycle of events is called the menstrual cycle. Various problems may occur in every woman in this cycle, but this situation is disturbing especially in individuals with prememstural syndrome. Physical, psychological and behavioral symptoms are observed in premenstrual syndrome. This study was conducted to investigate the impact of the challenging conditions in the premenstrual period on the workforce of female chiropractors. The research also addresses the assessment of menstruating women aged 25-40 and working chiropractors. There are 133 participants in the study. The population of the research was studied on women who studied and worked in the chiropractic department of BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY master's program. Demographic and physical characteristics, evaluation of premenstrual period, "premenstrual syndrome scale", "information about work performance" were used in the study. Recently, women are beginning to be allowed during their menstrual cycle in various business sectors around the world. The fact that a subject in the field of health is carried out on women working in the health sector also adds a lot of meaning to this study. The good working conditions and the feeling of full health in the employees increase the efficiency in the work considerably. For this purpose, premenstrual period, chiropractor and workforce were defined as keywords. When the Premenstrual Syndrome Scale scores were examined in terms of premenstrual period evaluation variables; The differences between Premenstrual Score Scores in terms of drug use, Dysmenorrhea problem, Non-pharmacological treatment and the effect of working life on non-pharmacological treatment were statistically significant (p<0.05). In the results obtained, p<0.05 values were found to be statistically significant when the total score of the Premenstrual Syndrome Scale was compared with the demographic characteristics and Premenstrual Period evaluation. When the scores of the Premenstrual Syndrome Scale were compared in terms of demographic variables, in the findings obtained in the PS general score; depressive affect, irritability, depressive thoughts, pain, swelling dimensions and PS overall score for birth; For premenstrual syndrome (family), anxiety, pain, appetite change dimensions; bloat size for day length; Statistically significant differences were found in the appetite change dimension for the cycle (p<0.05). When the results of the Work Role Functioning Questionnaire were evaluated, the social sub-dimension was found to be statistically significantly higher among the 5 sub-dimensions found in the survey, while the lowest work sub-dimension was found. According to the results of the research, premenstrual syndrome reduces the productivity of chiropractors in working life.