Survey study, 2012
What psychiatric conditions are linked to PMDD in Korean women?
About 2.4% of Korean women experience PMDD. Women with PMDD were much more likely to have depression, anxiety, PTSD, alcohol problems, insomnia, and suicidal thoughts than women without PMDD.
What they did
Researchers surveyed 2,499 Korean women aged 18-64. They used diagnostic interviews to identify PMDD and psychiatric disorders.
What they found
The 12-month PMDD prevalence was 2.4%. Among women with PMDD, 59.3% had at least one psychiatric illness compared with 21.8% of women without PMDD. PMDD was strongly associated with alcohol abuse, major depression, PTSD, social phobia, specific phobia, somatoform disorder, insomnia, and suicidal thoughts. Physical illness and being underweight also increased PMDD risk.
What it means for you
PMDD often occurs alongside depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions. Women with PMDD should be screened for depression, anxiety, alcohol problems, and suicidal thoughts. The study only looked at Korean women at one time point, so results may not apply everywhere. It was cross-sectional, so it cannot show which conditions cause which.
2.4%
PMDD prevalence in Korean women
59.3%
PMDD cases with psychiatric illness
21.8%
Controls with psychiatric illness
About the study
- Original title
- Prevalence, correlates, comorbidities, and suicidal tendencies of premenstrual dysphoric disorder in a nationwide sample of Korean women
- Authors
- Hong JP, Park S, Wang HR et al.
- Journal
- Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
- Year
- 2012
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 2,499
- What was tested
- Diagnostic interviews for PMDD and psychiatric conditions
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1007/s00127-012-0509-6
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