Survey study, 2014
How common is PMS in adolescent girls, and does education about PMS help reduce symptoms?
PMS affected 40.9% of urban girls and 51.6% of rural girls. Three months after an educational program, girls reported significant decreases in all PMS symptoms compared to before the program.
What they did
Conducted an educational program about PMS in 4 schools in Pondicherry, India (2 rural and 2 urban). Girls filled out questionnaires about their PMS symptoms before the program and again three months after it ended.
What they found
Before the program, 40.9% of urban girls and 51.6% of rural girls had PMS symptoms. After the educational program, total PMS scores and all subscale scores decreased significantly compared to before the program.
What it means for you
Education may help girls manage PMS symptoms. However, without a control group, we cannot know if improvement came from the education, from time passing, or from other factors. This study is from one region in India.
51.6%
Rural girls with PMS before program
40.9%
Urban girls with PMS before program
3 months
Follow-up period after program
About the study
- Original title
- Effect of educational program on premenstrual syndrome in adolescent school girls
- Authors
- Ramya S, K Rupavani, Arounassalame Bupathy
- Journal
- International Journal of Reproduction Contraception Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Year
- 2014
- Study design
- Survey study
- What was tested
- Educational program about PMS management
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.5455/2320-1770.ijrcog20140333
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