Survey study, 2025
How common are PMS and PMDD among female university students?
About 10.37% had PMS and 19.26% had PMDD. Technical course students had higher rates than medical course students.
What they did
Enrolled 270 female university students aged 18-25 with normal menstrual cycles. Used the Premenstrual Symptoms Screening Tool to assess PMS and PMDD. Then provided an educational intervention about symptoms and measured how much knowledge improved.
What they found
10.37% had PMS and 19.26% had PMDD overall. Technical course students had higher rates (12.69% PMS, 26.98% PMDD) compared to medical students (8.33% PMS, 12.5% PMDD). After the educational intervention, knowledge about emotional symptoms improved significantly, with a Cohen's d of 1.682 (p < 0.001).
What it means for you
PMDD is more common than PMS in this student population. Education can improve understanding of PMS and PMDD symptoms. The study was limited to one college in India, so these numbers may not reflect other populations.
10.37%
Percentage with PMS
19.26%
Percentage with PMDD
1.682
Cohen's d for knowledge improvement in emotional symptoms
About the study
- Original title
- A Cross-Sectional Interventional Study to Gauge the Prevalence of Pre-Menstrual Syndrome and Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder Among Female Students
- Authors
- Dr. S. Vaishnavi, N. Venkateshan, Dr. G. Thenmozhi et al.
- Journal
- International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research
- Year
- 2025
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 270
- What was tested
- Educational program about PMS and PMDD symptoms
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.47583/ijpsrr.2025.v85i9.009
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