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title: How can nurses help teenage girls with common period problems, including PMS?
description: This article explains how nurses can better support teen girls with period problems like PMS, but it does not test or prove any treatment works, it is a guide
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/common-menstrual-disorders-in-adolescence-nursing-interventions-2004/
---

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Review, 2004

# How can nurses help teenage girls with common period problems, including PMS?

This article explains how nurses can better support teen girls with period problems like PMS, but it does not test or prove any treatment works, it is a guide for good care.

 Early or limited evidence

Teenage girls seen in healthcare settings (general, not a specific study group)

## What they did

A review article (not a study with patients) that discusses four common menstrual problems seen in teenage girls and describes nursing approaches for dealing with them.

## What they found

The article covers four menstrual disorders: no periods, heavy bleeding, painful periods, and PMS. It notes that irregular periods can be normal in the first few years after a girl's first period, but other symptoms may need medical attention. It recommends nurses take an accurate period history, keep things confidential, communicate well, give culturally sensitive care, and help girls learn to manage their own care.

## What it means for you

This is practical guidance for nurses, not evidence that a specific treatment works. There is no data on how well these approaches help, because it is a review of practice ideas, not a trial.

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menstrual disorders discussed

## About the study

Original title Common menstrual disorders in adolescence: nursing interventions Authors McEvoy M, Chang J, Coupey SM Journal MCN. The American journal of maternal child nursing Year 2004 Study design Review What was tested Nursing care approaches: taking a careful history, confidential and sensitive communication, culturally aware care, encouraging self-care Read the paper [doi.org/10.1097/00005721-200401000-00011](https://doi.org/10.1097/00005721-200401000-00011)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Dysmenorrhea and period pain](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-dysmenorrhea/)[Adolescents and young people](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-adolescents/)

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