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title: What are the different patterns of symptoms before menstruation?
description: The study found five different patterns of premenstrual symptom changes among women. These patterns relate differently to whether women have a history of mood
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/premenstrual-changes-patterns-and-correlates-of-daily-ratings-1986/
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Study, 1986

# What are the different patterns of symptoms before menstruation?

The study found five different patterns of premenstrual symptom changes among women. These patterns relate differently to whether women have a history of mood disorders.

 Moderate study design

64 women who tracked symptoms through one menstrual cycle.

## What they did

64 women tracked 20 different measures of mood, behavior, and physical symptoms every day for one complete menstrual cycle. Researchers analyzed how these symptoms grouped together into distinct patterns.

## What they found

Five distinct patterns of premenstrual change were identified. Women with a lifetime history of mood disorders related differently to these patterns compared to women without such a history.

## What it means for you

This suggests that PMS might not be one single condition but rather multiple different patterns of symptom changes. Different women may have different symptom combinations. The main limitation is that the study followed women for only one menstrual cycle with a small group of 64 women.

64

women

20

measures of symptoms tracked

5

distinct patterns identified

## About the study

Original title Premenstrual changes: patterns and correlates of daily ratings Authors Endicott J, Nee J, Cohen J et al. Journal Journal of affective disorders Year 1986 Study design Study Participants 64 Read the paper [doi.org/10.1016/0165-0327(86)90035-2](https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-0327(86)90035-2)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Menstrual cycle and mood](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-cycle-mood/)

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