Survey study, 2019
What are the best ways to manage PMS?
PMS is managed in four steps: create awareness and make lifestyle changes, then offer therapy and complementary treatments, then medication if needed, and rarely surgery. This summarizes international guidelines but doesn't show strong evidence about which approach works best.
What they did
This is a review article that summarizes how PMS is currently managed according to international guidelines, rather than a study testing any particular approach.
What they found
The review describes a four-step management approach: first, educate women about PMS and encourage lifestyle changes and dietary modifications; second, use cognitive behavioral therapy and complementary treatments; third, prescribe medication if needed; and fourth, consider surgery as a last resort. Common symptoms include pain, headaches, fatigue, mood changes, and sleep problems, which disrupt social relationships and quality of life.
What it means for you
This tells you what doctors recommend for managing PMS based on current guidelines. However, since this is a review rather than research testing these approaches, it doesn't show strong evidence about which step works best for different women or how well they work. The main limit is that it summarizes recommendations without presenting new evidence.
4 out of 10
Women with premenstrual symptoms
5-8%
Women with severe PMS
About the study
- Original title
- Current Approaches in Premenstrual Syndrome Management
- Authors
- Halime Abay, Sena Kaplan
- Journal
- Bezmialem Science
- Year
- 2019
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 10
- What was tested
- Management approaches reviewed (lifestyle changes, therapy, medication, surgery).
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.14235/bas.galenos.2018.2358
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