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title: What tools and methods should doctors use to diagnose premenstrual syndrome?
description: Doctors should look for symptoms during the luteal phase of the cycle and confirm the diagnosis by having women track symptoms day by day. Multiple rating sca
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/an-overview-of-development-of-diagnostic-plan-for-premenstrual-syndrome-2018/
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Review, 2018

# What tools and methods should doctors use to diagnose premenstrual syndrome?

Doctors should look for symptoms during the luteal phase of the cycle and confirm the diagnosis by having women track symptoms day by day. Multiple rating scales and criteria exist to help with diagnosis.

 Early or limited evidence

Review of diagnostic approaches, not a study of specific people

## What they did

Review of existing diagnostic tools, rating scales, and criteria used to diagnose premenstrual syndrome.

## What they found

A variety of tools exist with different rating scales and diagnostic criteria. The luteal phase symptom pattern of sufficient severity is the main way to diagnose PMS, and diagnosis needs to be confirmed by prospective symptom charting.

## What it means for you

If you think you might have PMS, tracking your symptoms daily for several menstrual cycles is the gold standard way for a doctor to diagnose it. This is a review of existing knowledge, not new research findings.

## About the study

Original title An Overview of Development of Diagnostic Plan for Premenstrual Syndrome Authors Baljit Jassal, Jagminder Kaur Bajaj, Bhupinder Kumar Journal International Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences Year 2018 Study design Review What was tested None; literature review only Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.18311/ijmds/2013/19824](https://doi.org/10.18311/ijmds/2013/19824)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)

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