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Abstract Introduction: Dysmenorrhea is one of the most common problems of young girls and women and cause of absent of work and school. Objective: Determine the prevalence, knowledge and practice of university students about dysmenorrhea. Materials and Methods: In this cross- sectional study 380 female university students were selected by random multistage cluster sampling method in 2005. Data were collected by a self-administered questionnaire. It consisted of demographic, knowledge and practice questions. Based on the scores the knowledge was divided into weak, intermediate and appropriate. Performance questions were analyzed separately. Results: Prevalence of dysmenorrhea was 73.2% and 15.3% of them had appropriate information. Knowledge in married and older students and home that their mothers had high education was higher than others. There was statiscal relationship between knowledge and age. The first source of information and the first counselor for decreasing menstrual discomfort was their mothers (57%) and (21%) respectively. About 6% of students used appropriate food, 54.7% had good personal hygiene and 85% had appropriate daily physical activity during menstruation. Conclusion: Prevalence of dysmenorrhea was similar to the other studies, level of information about dysmenorrhea was low. Most of students didn't use appropriate food during menstruation.

Keywords: Awareness, Dysmenorrhea, Prevalence

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