--- title: Does sleeping longer help teenage athletes experience less PMS interference with sports? description: Yes. Teenage girls who sleep longer in one year are less likely to have PMS symptoms interfere with their athletic performance the next year. url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/associations-between-sleep-habits-and-interference-of-premenstrual-symptoms-in-2020/ --- - [Niyora](https://niyora.com/) - [Research](https://niyora.com/research/) - [Library](https://niyora.com/research/library/) - Does sleeping longer help teenage athletes experience less PMS interference with sports? Cohort study, 2020 # Does sleeping longer help teenage athletes experience less PMS interference with sports? Yes. Teenage girls who sleep longer in one year are less likely to have PMS symptoms interfere with their athletic performance the next year. Moderate study design 108 female Japanese high-school athletes with regular menstrual cycles ## What they did A two-year study following 108 Japanese high-school female athletes. They completed surveys about their sleep duration, menstrual symptoms, and how much PMS interfered with their athletic performance in both years. ## What they found In the second year, getting more sleep in the first year was associated with lower likelihood of increased PMS interference with athletic performance (odds ratio 0.982, 95% confidence interval 0.970-0.994). PMS interference with athletic performance decreased from year one to year two. ## What it means for you Longer sleep duration may help prevent PMS from disrupting athletic performance. Main limitations are that this was observational (not an experiment testing whether changing sleep helps), involved only Japanese adolescent athletes, and used self-reported sleep and symptoms. 108 Number of athletes followed 2 Number of years of follow-up 0.982 Odds ratio for reduced PMS interference per additional hour of sleep ## About the study Original title Associations between sleep habits and interference of premenstrual symptoms in athletic performance in Japanese adolescent athletes: a cohort study over a 2-year period Authors Takeda T, Yoshimi K, Imoto Y et al. Journal Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology Year 2020 Study design Cohort study Participants 262 What was tested None; this was an observational study Read the paper [doi.org/10.1080/09513590.2020.1734787](https://doi.org/10.1080/09513590.2020.1734787) ## Topics [Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Sleep and insomnia](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-sleep/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/)[Adolescents and young people](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-adolescents/)[Athletes and sport](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-athletes/) Research tells you what helps on average. Niyora helps on the day it hits. Calm down, see it another way, and decide what to say, with a PMS and PMDD app built by a doctor. ## Related studies Survey study, 2019 What lifestyle and sleep habits are linked to PMS in teenage girls? Survey study, 2026 What dietary, lifestyle, and psychological factors are associated with PMS in young women? Survey study, 2024 What factors are linked to PMS in school-age girls? Case-control study, 2020 Is diet quality lower in teenagers with PMS? Case-control study, 2017 What lifestyle factors are linked to premenstrual syndrome in teenage girls? Study, 2017 Does regular sports help prevent PMS in high school students? Ask AI about this page Copy prompt ChatGPT ↗ Claude ↗ Perplexity ↗ Google AI Mode ↗ Grok ↗