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title: How much does PMS disrupt women's daily lives and relationships?
description: Symptoms peak during the last 5 premenstrual days and disappear within 3 to 4 days after bleeding starts. Severity varies greatly, from no symptoms to severe
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/influence-of-premenstrual-syndrome-on-family-social-life-and-work-performance-1994/
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Review, 1994

# How much does PMS disrupt women's daily lives and relationships?

Symptoms peak during the last 5 premenstrual days and disappear within 3 to 4 days after bleeding starts. Severity varies greatly, from no symptoms to severe disruption for 14 days each month.

 Early or limited evidence

Women of fertile age (review article)

## What they did

Review of methods for measuring PMS severity and assessing its impact on family, social, and work life.

## What they found

Symptoms start shortly after ovulation, increase in severity, and reach maximum during the last 5 premenstrual days. After bleeding begins, symptoms disappear rapidly and are usually gone within 3 to 4 days. Severity among women varies from having no cyclical mood changes to being severely affected for 14 days per month.

## What it means for you

Proper measurement of severity is important but challenging because symptoms are subjective and affect women very differently. This is a review of measurement approaches, not new research.

last 5 days

Before menstruation when symptoms peak

3 to 4 days

Time for symptoms to disappear after bleeding starts

14 days

Per month of severe symptoms for some women

## About the study

Original title Influence of premenstrual syndrome on family, social life, and work performance Authors Ekholm UB, Bäckström T Journal International journal of health services : planning, administration, evaluation Year 1994 Study design Review What was tested Not applicable Read the paper [doi.org/10.2190/p0y8-j7uf-k2mg-lbl4](https://doi.org/10.2190/p0y8-j7uf-k2mg-lbl4)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Work and productivity](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-work/)

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