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title: What do health college students believe about PMS and how do they cope with it?
description: We cannot say, because the available summary only describes the survey tools used and does not report the actual results on beliefs or coping strategies.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/health-beliefs-and-coping-strategies-regarding-premenstrual-syndrome-among-2022/
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Survey study, 2022

# What do health college students believe about PMS and how do they cope with it?

We cannot say, because the available summary only describes the survey tools used and does not report the actual results on beliefs or coping strategies.

 Early or limited evidence

239 female health college students aged 18-25 at Qassim University, Saudi Arabia

## What they did

A cross-sectional survey of 239 female health college students aged 18-25 (years 2-4, in Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Applied Medical Sciences, Medical Rehabilitation and Dentistry) at Qassim University, Saudi Arabia. Three self-administered questionnaires were used: one on background details, one with 25 questions on health beliefs about PMS, and one with 33 questions on coping strategies.

## What they found

The abstract describes the study design and tools in detail but does not state the actual scores, percentages, or results found for beliefs or coping strategies.

## What it means for you

This paper sets up how beliefs and coping around PMS were measured, but without the results we cannot know what students actually believed or did. It is a single-site, convenience-sample survey, so even full results would not generalise widely.

239

Students surveyed

18-25

Age range

33

Coping strategy questions

## About the study

Original title Health beliefs and coping strategies regarding premenstrual syndrome among health college students at Qassim University Authors Shereen Ahmed Ahmed Qalawa, Hind Omar Alsuhaibani, Atheer Abdullah Alluhaydan et al. Journal International Journal of Health Sciences Year 2022 Study design Survey study What was tested none; survey using three questionnaires on beliefs and coping strategies Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6ns8.13145](https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6ns8.13145)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Menstrual cycle and mood](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-cycle-mood/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/)[Stigma, attitudes and culture](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-stigma-culture/)

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