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title: Can researchers create a tool to measure how PMS affects women's quality of life?
description: Researchers developed and validated a tool designed specifically to measure quality of life in women with PMS using interviews with 21 women and testing with
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/design-and-psychometric-evaluation-of-a-specific-tool-for-measuring-the-quality-2022/
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Interview study, 2022

# Can researchers create a tool to measure how PMS affects women's quality of life?

Researchers developed and validated a tool designed specifically to measure quality of life in women with PMS using interviews with 21 women and testing with 440 women. The abstract does not describe what specific quality-of-life issues the tool measures.

 Moderate study design

21 women in interviews and 440 women in validation, all in Tehran

## What they did

Two-phase exploratory study in Tehran during 2017-2018. Phase 1: 21 women with PMS participated in in-depth interviews analyzed for themes. Phase 2: 440 women completed a cross-sectional study to validate the newly designed tool.

## What they found

Researchers designed a tool based on themes from interviews with 21 women with PMS. They then validated this tool with 440 women with PMS. Items came from interviews, existing texts, and other tools, with overlapping items removed.

## What it means for you

Researchers created a new tool specifically designed to measure how PMS affects women's quality of life. The main limitation is that the abstract does not describe what specific quality-of-life issues the tool measures, so we do not know what aspects of life it covers.

21

women interviewed in qualitative phase

440

women in tool validation study

## About the study

Original title Design and psychometric evaluation of a specific tool for measuring the quality of life of women with premenstrual syndrome: A sequential exploratory study Authors Shiva Siahbazi, Ziba Taghizadeh, Ali Montazeri et al. Journal International Journal of Health Sciences Year 2022 Study design Interview study Participants 440 What was tested None Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6ns7.13514](https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6ns7.13514)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Quality of life and daily functioning](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-quality-of-life/)

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