Survey study, 2024
How severe are PMS symptoms in working women teachers, and how are different symptom types related?
PMS symptoms are common and significant in working women teachers. Physical, behavioral, and psychological symptoms are strongly connected - women with severe body symptoms also tend to have mood and behavior changes.
What they did
Cross-sectional correlation study of 100 working women teachers at schools in Kalaburagi, India. Researchers measured physiological (body-related), behavioral (action-related), and psychological (mood and thinking-related) premenstrual symptoms using questionnaires.
What they found
Physiological symptoms scored mean 55.60 (70% of max), behavioral symptoms 45.32 (78% of max), and psychological symptoms 46.90 (80% of max). Overall mean was 150.15 (75% of max). Strong positive correlations were found between physiological and psychological symptoms (r=0.810, p<0.001), physiological and behavioral symptoms (r=0.729, p<0.001), and psychological and behavioral symptoms (r=0.627, p<0.001).
What it means for you
PMS affects multiple areas at the same time - body, mood, and behavior are interconnected. This suggests PMS is a whole-person condition. The study only included teachers in India, so results may not apply to women in other occupations or countries.
100
teachers studied
0.810
correlation physical and psychological symptoms
55.60
mean physiological symptom score
About the study
- Original title
- Premenstrual symptoms analysis: severity and correlations across physiological, behavioural, and psychological domains among working women in selected schools at Kalaburagi
- Authors
- Bemina JA, Thereza Mathias
- Journal
- International Journal of Reproduction Contraception Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Year
- 2024
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 100
- What was tested
- None - measurement of symptom severity
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20242063
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