The experiences of menstrual symptom changes among international students studying in China during the acculturation period: A phenomenology study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon among female which could be influenced by the process of acculturation. Few studies have explored the experience of menstrual symptom changes among international female students studying in China. Therefore, this paper aims to summarize international female students' experiences of menstrual symptom changes when they were studying in China and interpret these changes through considering the influence of acculturation on their social and academic lives.

Methods

We used a descriptive phenomenology approach. Structured in-depth face-to-face interviews were conducted between May and November 2019 among ten international female students studying in one Province located in south central China. Participants were those who

SUBMITTER: Alkhatib A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10148257 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature