Survey study, 2023
How many women have PMS and what strategies do they use to cope with it?
About 53% of women had mild PMS symptoms, 40% had moderate symptoms, and 7% had severe symptoms. Age, family type, and remedies used were linked to how women coped.
What they did
They surveyed 100 women of reproductive age at a hospital to find out how common PMS is and what methods women use to cope with symptoms. They asked about symptom severity and which remedies and strategies helped.
What they found
53% of women had mild PMS symptoms, 40% had moderate symptoms, and 7% had severe symptoms. Age, family type, number of children, and the remedies women used were linked to their coping strategies.
What it means for you
More than half of reproductive-age women have at least mild PMS. How women cope depends on their age, family situation, and what treatments they use. The main limitation is that this study used convenience sampling (whoever was available at the hospital), so results may not apply to all women.
100
women studied
53%
had mild PMS symptoms
40%
had moderate, 7% had severe symptoms
About the study
- Original title
- A study to assess the prevalence and coping strategies regarding premenstrual syndrome among women of the reproductive age group with a view to prepare an information pamphlet in selected hospital
- Authors
- Jaqulin Mary L Tutor, Jesin Maria, Jisna MS et al.
- Journal
- International Journal of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Year
- 2023
- Study design
- Survey study
- What was tested
- Assessment of PMS prevalence and coping strategies
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.33545/gynae.2023.v7.i1c.1266
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