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title: Is the short German Premenstrual Assessment Form a reliable tool to measure PMS?
description: Yes. Both the 20-item and 10-item German versions are reliable and valid tools for measuring PMS symptoms.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/efficient-assessment-of-premenstrual-symptoms-german-translation-of-the-2023/
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Survey study, 2023

# Is the short German Premenstrual Assessment Form a reliable tool to measure PMS?

Yes. Both the 20-item and 10-item German versions are reliable and valid tools for measuring PMS symptoms.

 Moderate study design

147 menstruating people in Germany

## What they did

Researchers translated and tested short versions of the Premenstrual Assessment Form (20 items and 10 items) in 147 menstruating people in Germany. They checked how well the tool measured PMS symptoms consistently and compared it to other PMS measures.

## What they found

Both versions had high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha was 0.93 for the 20-item and 0.88 for the 10-item version). Factor analysis found two scales measuring psychological and physiological symptoms. Correlation with the PMS Impact Questionnaire was 0.66 (p<0.001), confirming validity.

## What it means for you

These tools work reliably to measure PMS symptoms for research and clinical use. This study is about whether the measurement tool itself is good, not whether any treatment helps symptoms.

147

Participants

0.93

Cronbach's alpha for 20-item version

0.66

Correlation with PMS Impact Questionnaire

## About the study

Original title [Efficient assessment of premenstrual symptoms - German translation of the shortened Premenstrual Assessment Form and its psychometric evaluation] Authors Blaser BL, Weymar M, Wendt J Journal Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie Year 2023 Study design Survey study Participants 147 What was tested None (tool validation study) Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.1055/a-2136-6941](https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2136-6941)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)

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