Survey study, 2022
How do premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder affect quality of life?
PMS and PMDD significantly reduce quality of life. Work efficiency drops from 27.63% reduction with no/mild PMS to 94.73% with moderate/severe PMS to 100% with PMDD. Physical health and wellbeing scores also decline notably.
What they did
Cross-sectional questionnaire study from 2019-2020 of 358 women at a medical university in India. Researchers screened participants for PMS using ACOG guidelines and the Premenstrual Symptom Screening Tool (PSST), then gave those diagnosed the WHO Quality of Life Brief Version (WHO-QOL-BREF) scale.
What they found
Work efficiency and productivity were reduced by 27.63% in no/mild PMS, 94.73% in moderate/severe PMS, and 100% in PMDD. Family relationships were affected by 22.36%, 73.68%, and 57.14% respectively. Physical health scores dropped from 64.43 in no/mild PMS to 58.47 in moderate/severe to 52.86 in PMDD. Psychological health declined from 66.39 to 62.47 to 56.29. Social relationships and environmental health also declined.
What it means for you
PMS and PMDD substantially harm work performance, relationships, and overall wellbeing. The more severe the PMS, the greater the impact on quality of life. Main limits: cross-sectional study cannot prove PMS causes quality of life decline, study was in one hospital in India, and it didn't follow women over time.
358
women studied
94.73%
work efficiency reduction with moderate to severe PMS
52.86
physical health score with PMDD
About the study
- Original title
- Impact of premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder on adolescent and young women’s quality of life in northern India
- Authors
- Swati Vishwakarma, Sujata Deo, Pooja Mahour et al.
- Journal
- International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
- Year
- 2022
- Study design
- Survey study
- What was tested
- None (observational study)
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20222858
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