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title: What self-care measures do female nursing students use for PMS?
description: Most nursing students have PMS symptoms. 87.1% experienced premenstrual symptoms, but very few used recommended dietary changes like reducing fat, salt, spice
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/self-care-measures-regarding-premenstrual-syndrome-among-female-nursing-students-2015/
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Study, 2015

# What self-care measures do female nursing students use for PMS?

Most nursing students have PMS symptoms. 87.1% experienced premenstrual symptoms, but very few used recommended dietary changes like reducing fat, salt, spices, or caffeine.

 Early or limited evidence

210 female nursing students

## What they did

Used questionnaires to ask 210 female nursing students about their PMS symptoms and self-care measures, including separate assessment sheets for demographics, measurements, menstrual history, symptom severity, and self-care practices.

## What they found

87.1% of the 210 students experienced premenstrual symptoms. For dietary self-care, 16.2% decreased fat intake, 14% decreased spices, 6% decreased salt, and 4.2% decreased caffeine. 12.4% had severe mood swings and 9.5% had severe fatigue.

## What it means for you

Most nursing students have PMS, but very few use dietary self-care measures. This study looked only at nursing students in one place, so we don't know if the same pattern applies to all women.

87.1%

Experienced premenstrual symptoms

16.2%

Decreased fat intake

12.4%

Had severe mood swings

## About the study

Original title Self –Care Measures Regarding Premenstrual Syndrome Among Female Nursing Students Journal International journal of Nursing Didactics Year 2015 Study design Study Participants 210 Read the paper [doi.org/10.15520/ijnd.2015.vol5.iss02.53.01-10](https://doi.org/10.15520/ijnd.2015.vol5.iss02.53.01-10)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Diet and nutrition](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-diet/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/)

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