Survey study, 2022
What treatments do working women use for PMS?
Most working women (54.3%) use both medicine and other approaches. Common medicines are ponstan and paracetamol. Common non-medicine approaches are exercise and psychological therapy.
What they did
Cross-sectional study of 221 working women with PMS at a hospital in Pakistan from June 2016 to June 2017. Researchers asked what strategies each woman used to manage her PMS.
What they found
8.6% used only non-medicine strategies, 37.1% used only medicine, 54.3% used both. For medicine, ponstan and paracetamol were most common. For non-medicine, exercise was used by 35.7% and psychological therapy by 38.9%.
What it means for you
Most working women combine medicine and other approaches for PMS. Study suggests counseling and education alongside medicine could help. Limited to one hospital in Pakistan.
54.3%
used both medicine and other strategies
35.7%
used exercise
38.9%
used psychological therapy
About the study
- Original title
- Pharmacological & Non-Pharmacologic Strategies Used by Working Ladies of Reproductive age for the Management of Pre Menstrual Syndrome
- Authors
- Hira Afreen, Tabinda Qazi, Hira Bashir et al.
- Journal
- Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences
- Year
- 2022
- Study design
- Survey study
- What was tested
- None
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.53350/pjmhs22161502
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