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This study was designed to obtain the age of menarche, the factors which influence on menarche, and the menstrual patterns among handicapped persons. For the data sampling, self-administered questionnaire survey was made in March, 1990. Among 240 handicapped persons and 174 non-handicapped in Seoul, Kyung Gi Do, and analysed by the computer with SPSS bath system. Statistical methods employed were standard t-test and chisquare test. The results are as follows; 1. The mean menarcheal age was significantly different between the handicapped(14.2±1.76years) and the control (13.17±0.92 years) (p <0.01). 2. The mearnrcheal age of the handicapped was significantly influenced by the occupations of the father, siblings, the genetic disease and birth season, but less influenced by others. 3. The mean menstrual period of the handicapped (28.2±4.1 days) was slightly shorter than that of the control(29.5±3.7 days), but there was no significant difference. 4. The mean duration of the menstrual flow of the hadicapped (5.2±0.9days) was slightly shorter than that of the control (5.68±1.5days) but there was no significant difference. 5. The amounts of the menstrual flow of the handicapped was more than that of the control, but there was no significant difference. 6. The menstrual symptoms were the lower abdominal pain(27.1%), fatigue and unpleasantness(19.7%), back pain(14.8%), depression and anxiety (13.5%) in the handicapped. 7. In the menstrual pattern; 1) The menarcheal age of the handicapped in oligomenorrhea was higher than that in polymenorrhea(p<0.05). 2) The proportion of irregular menstrual cycle of the handicapped (40.4%) was higher than that of the control(p<0.1). 3) Stress, sleeping hours and obesity were slightly associated with the menstrual pattern but physical activity, menstrual symptoms, drug medication, nutrition were not associated.
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