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title: How does sleep quality affect thinking and physical coordination in women with PMS?
description: As PMS severity increases, sleep quality worsens and reaction time becomes slower, suggesting worse thinking and coordination. Women with moderate PMS showed
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/effect-of-sleep-quality-on-cognition-and-psychomotor-skill-in-women-with-2018/
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Survey study, 2018

# How does sleep quality affect thinking and physical coordination in women with PMS?

As PMS severity increases, sleep quality worsens and reaction time becomes slower, suggesting worse thinking and coordination. Women with moderate PMS showed the most significant problems.

 Early or limited evidence

60 female nursing students aged 18 to 20 years

## What they did

60 female nursing students aged 18 to 20 completed questionnaires about sleep quality and PMS severity, and took visual and auditory reaction time tests. Researchers compared these measurements across three groups: women with no, mild, or moderate PMS.

## What they found

20 women were in each group (moderate, mild, and no PMS). There was a statistically significant difference across groups (P=0.001). Sleep scores, insomnia severity, and reaction times were all worse in the moderate PMS group compared to mild or control groups. As PMS severity increased, reaction time increased (meaning slower responses).

## What it means for you

Women with worse PMS experience worse sleep and slower thinking and physical coordination. Education about improving sleep quality might help women with PMS. This is a small study of nursing students only.

60

Female nursing students studied

20

Women in each PMS severity group

P=0.001

Statistical significance of differences between groups

## About the study

Original title Effect of sleep quality on cognition and psychomotor skill in women with premenstrual syndrome Authors Prabhavathi Krishnan, Saravanan A, N Maruthy Journal National Journal of Physiology Pharmacy and Pharmacology Year 2018 Study design Survey study Participants 60 What was tested None - observational study measuring sleep and reaction time Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.5455/njppp.2019.9.1133209112018](https://doi.org/10.5455/njppp.2019.9.1133209112018)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Sleep and insomnia](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-sleep/)[Cognition, concentration and memory](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-cognition/)

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