Survey study, 2022
Does PMS affect how well college students can study?
Yes. PMS is strongly related to problems with study activities, with women reporting significant impact on their ability to study.
What they did
Cross-sectional study of 229 female college degree students in Tezpur, India. Students answered questions about their menstrual cycle, PMS symptoms, and how menstruation affected their study habits.
What they found
45.9% of the 229 students had menstruation-related problems overall. 21% had irregular menstrual cycles and 12.2% had heavy menstrual flow. PMS was strongly correlated with impact on study activities (correlation 0.542, statistically significant). Substance use, family history, irregular cycles, heavy bleeding and having any menstrual problems were all linked to PMS.
What it means for you
PMS significantly interferes with college students' ability to study. Many students also had other menstrual issues like irregular cycles or heavy bleeding. This study shows how much PMS affects education. Results are from one college in India.
45.9%
Had menstruation-related problems
0.542
Correlation with study impact
229
Students studied
About the study
- Original title
- Premenstrual Syndrome among College Students and its Relation to their Study Activities
- Authors
- Pallavi Talukdar, Nurnahar Ahmed, Subhra Sarkar
- Journal
- Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour
- Year
- 2022
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 229
- What was tested
- None
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.4103/jmhhb.jmhhb_113_21
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