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title: What does recent research show about PMS treatment? | Niyora
description: PMS is very common, affecting 43 to 82.9 percent of women. Education, relaxation exercises, yoga, and physical therapies help reduce symptoms.
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Systematic review, 2026

# What does recent research show about PMS treatment?

PMS is very common, affecting 43 to 82.9 percent of women. Education, relaxation exercises, yoga, and physical therapies help reduce symptoms.

 Moderate study design

48 nursing theses from Turkey studying women with PMS; total sample sizes ranged from 20 to 1,552 women.

## What they did

Systematic review of 48 nursing graduate theses from Turkey (40 master's theses and 8 doctoral theses) conducted between 2007 and 2025, examining studies about PMS.

## What they found

PMS prevalence ranged from 43 percent to 82.9 percent. The most common symptoms were depressive mood, anxiety, fatigue, irritability, pain, appetite changes, and sleep changes. Effective interventions included web-based education, foot baths, laughter yoga, kinesio taping, and progressive relaxation exercises. Most master's theses (87.5 percent) were descriptive studies, while most doctoral theses (87.5 percent) were experimental.

## What it means for you

PMS is extremely common in women of reproductive age, and education combined with coping strategies like relaxation and exercise can help. The main limitations are that these are only Turkish studies, sample sizes varied widely, and most were observational rather than rigorous experimental trials.

48

Theses reviewed

43-82.9%

Prevalence of PMS across the studies

20-1,552

Sample size range

## About the study

Original title A Systematic Review of Nursing Graduate Theses on Premenstrual Syndrome and Premenstrual Symptoms in Türkiye Authors Hacer Ataman, Merve Tuncer Journal Acibadem Universitesi Saglik Bilimleri Dergisi Year 2026 Study design Systematic review What was tested Web-based education, foot baths, laughter yoga, kinesio taping, and progressive relaxation exercises for PMS symptom reduction. Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.31067/acusaglik.1788330](https://doi.org/10.31067/acusaglik.1788330)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Low mood and depression](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-depression-mood/)[Exercise and yoga](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-exercise/)

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