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title: Can PMS affect a woman's relationship with her husband? | Niyora
description: Yes, this study found that worse PMS was linked to a worse marital relationship, especially for women with severe symptoms.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/premenstrual-syndrome-and-the-marital-relationship-2015/
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Survey study, 2015

# Can PMS affect a woman's relationship with her husband?

Yes, this study found that worse PMS was linked to a worse marital relationship, especially for women with severe symptoms.

 Early or limited evidence

96 employed women attending health centers

## What they did

A cross-sectional study of 96 employed women at health centers. Anxiety, stress and depression were measured with the DASS-21 scale, PMS was confirmed using a short PMS questionnaire over two menstrual cycles, and marital relationship quality was measured with the RDAS questionnaire.

## What they found

27.5% of women had mild PMS, 56% moderate, and 9.9% plus 5.4% had severe or very severe PMS. The link between PMS and marital relationship quality was statistically significant (P = 0.024). Follow-up testing (Tukey test) showed women with severe and very severe PMS scored lower on marital relationship quality.

## What it means for you

Severe PMS may go along with more strain in a marriage, so getting help for PMS symptoms could also support relationship wellbeing. This is a cross-sectional study of a small group of employed women, so it cannot prove PMS causes relationship problems, only that the two are linked.

9.9%

had severe PMS

P = 0.024

link between PMS and marital relationship

96

women studied

## About the study

Original title Premenstrual syndrome and the marital relationship Authors راحله عسلی, F Jalal Marvi, F Ansari et al. Journal Journal of North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences Year 2015 Study design Survey study Participants 96 What was tested None (observational survey, no treatment tested) Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.29252/jnkums.7.2.465](https://doi.org/10.29252/jnkums.7.2.465)

## Topics

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

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