Survey study, 2021
How common is PMS among teenage girls, and what might cause it?
PMS is reported to affect a large share of teenage girls. This abstract is background information for a planned health education session, not a new study, so it does not test whether the education actually reduces PMS.
What they did
This paper presents background information to support a health education activity about PMS for teenage girls in the service area of a midwife (Bidan Veronica). The abstract summarizes definitions and existing statistics rather than describing a new sample, method, or test of the education's effect.
What they found
Citing the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2012), about 65,7% of teenage girls experience PMS symptoms. Citing the World Health Organization, PMS symptoms are experienced by 23% of Indonesian women. Around 200 symptoms have been linked to PMS, with irritability and dysphoria (sadness) most common. A possible cause mentioned is an imbalance between estrogen and progesterone, which may lead to fluid and sodium retention, weight gain, and sometimes swelling.
What it means for you
This tells us PMS is common among teenage girls and Indonesian women generally, and gives one possible hormonal explanation, but it is not a study of a specific group of patients and does not report any test results from the health education program itself.
65,7%
Teen girls with PMS symptoms (ACOG, 2012)
23%
Indonesian women with PMS symptoms (WHO)
~200
Possible PMS symptoms described
About the study
- Original title
- PENDIDIKAN KESEHATAN TENTANG PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME (PMS) PADA REMAJA PUTRI DI WILAYAH KERJA BIDAN VERONICA
- Authors
- Rici Gusti Maulani, Devia Ester
- Journal
- Awal Bros Journal of Community Development.
- Year
- 2021
- Study design
- Survey study
- What was tested
- A planned health education session about PMS for teenage girls in a midwife's service area; no outcomes of the education are reported here.
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.54973/abjcd.v3i2.241