Review, 1990
How common is PMS and what are the best ways to treat it?
PMS is common among women of reproductive age, especially in their 30s or older. Treatment can include exercise, diet, vitamins, and medications such as progesterone or birth control pills, with support and counseling being especially important.
What they did
Review of PMS literature on diagnosis and management for nurse-midwives
What they found
PMS is common among women of reproductive age, particularly in their 30s or older and among women of greater parity. Symptoms must occur in the luteal phase with resolution or improvement within one or two days of the onset of menses. Management options include exercise, dietary changes, vitamin supplementation, progesterone, prostaglandin inhibitors, diuretics, oral contraceptives, and psychiatric medications. Support and counseling are important.
What it means for you
PMS is common and affects many women's lives. A combination of lifestyle changes and medications can help. This is a review for healthcare providers, not direct evidence from patient studies.
About the study
- Original title
- Premenstrual syndrome. Current concepts in diagnosis and management
- Authors
- Hsia LS, Long MH
- Journal
- Journal of nurse-midwifery
- Year
- 1990
- Study design
- Review
- What was tested
- Not applicable
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1016/s0091-2182(05)80017-5
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