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Study, 1987

# What groups of symptoms come together in severe PMS?

Women with severe PMS tend to have symptoms that form distinct patterns: two types of emotional and behavioral symptoms and two types of physical symptoms that go together.

 Early or limited evidence

Women with severe premenstrual tension syndrome (number of participants not specified).

## What they did

Researchers studied women with severe premenstrual tension syndrome and analyzed their symptoms to find which ones clustered together.

## What they found

The analysis showed two distinct clusters of emotional and behavioral symptoms and two distinct clusters of physical symptoms that tended to occur together.

## What it means for you

Premenstrual symptoms follow recognizable patterns rather than appearing randomly. Identifying which pattern you experience might help with treatment. The main limits are that the sample size is not reported and there is no comparison group.

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emotional and behavioral symptom clusters

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physical symptom clusters

## About the study

Original title Premenstrual tension syndrome symptom clusters. Statistical evaluation of the subsyndromes Authors Siegel JP, Myers BJ, Dineen MK Journal The Journal of reproductive medicine Year 1987 Study design Study Read the paper [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3612634/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3612634/)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Anxiety and tension](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-anxiety/)

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