Survey study, 2020
How common is PMS in hospital workers and how does it affect quality of life?
About 51% of hospital workers have PMS, which significantly reduces their quality of life. Women with painful periods and nurses had higher PMS rates than doctors, though this is from one hospital in Turkey.
What they did
Cross-sectional study at a state hospital in Turkey. All 597 women of reproductive age who worked there were invited, and 520 who met inclusion criteria participated. Women completed questionnaires about demographics, PMS symptoms, symptom impact, and quality of life. Researchers used logistic regression to identify factors linked to higher PMS risk.
What they found
51% of women had PMS with severity: mild (33%), moderate (16%), severe (2%). Mean PMS symptom score was 111.42±35.88. Women with menstrual pain had 2.85 times higher risk of PMS. Nurses had 3.46 times higher risk than doctors. Women with PMS had significantly lower quality of life scores on all measures and higher symptom impact scores.
What it means for you
PMS is common in working women and substantially reduces quality of life. Nurses report notably higher rates than doctors, possibly due to shift work or stress. This is from one hospital in Turkey so results may not apply everywhere.
51%
of women had PMS
111.42±35.88
mean PMS symptom score
2.85
times higher PMS risk with menstrual pain
About the study
- Original title
- Bir devlet hastanesi’nde çalışan üreme çağındaki kadınlarda premenstrual sendrom prevalansı, ilişkili faktörler ve yaşam kalitesine etkisi
- Authors
- Nilay Akmalı, Nebahat Özerdoğan, Elif Gürsoy
- Journal
- Mersin üniversitesi sağlık bilimleri dergisi/Mersin üniversitesi sağlık bilimleri dergisi
- Year
- 2020
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 597
- What was tested
- None, observation of PMS and quality of life
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.26559/mersinsbd.639160