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Cohort study, 1994

# How common is premenstrual syndrome in teenage girls?

PMS affects about 1 in 7 teenage girls (14%). Girls with PMS reported more anxiety, trouble concentrating, and poor health, though childhood factors did not predict who would develop it.

 Early or limited evidence

384 girls aged 15 in a health development study

## What they did

384 fifteen-year-old girls in a health development study reported whether they had PMS symptoms. Researchers checked whether their childhood health and mothers' reports predicted PMS.

## What they found

14% of the girls met criteria for PMS. The girls with PMS were more likely to report anxiety, inattention, and poor health. How their mothers rated their preadolescent health or the girls' preadolescent self-report did not predict PMS.

## What it means for you

PMS is fairly common in teenage girls, affecting about 1 in 7. It seems linked to how girls feel about their current health and anxiety, not early childhood factors. The study looked at only one age group at one point in time.

384

Girls studied

14%

With PMS

15

Age in years

## About the study

Original title PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES OF THE PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME IN ADOLESCENCE Authors Shyamala Nada Raja, Michael Feehan, Warren R. Stanton et al. Journal PEDIATRICS Year 1994 Study design Cohort study What was tested none Read the paper [doi.org/10.1542/peds.93.2.302](https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.93.2.302)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Adolescents and young people](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-adolescents/)

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