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title: Do women with PMS sleep worse and feel more tired during the day?
description: Women with PMS were about two times more likely to have poor sleep quality than those without PMS. They also had higher daytime sleepiness scores.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/sleep-quality-and-excessive-daytime-sleepiness-in-women-with-premenstrual-2021/
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Case-control study, 2021

# Do women with PMS sleep worse and feel more tired during the day?

Women with PMS were about two times more likely to have poor sleep quality than those without PMS. They also had higher daytime sleepiness scores.

 Moderate study design

69 women with PMS and 52 without, aged 18-45 in Brazil

## What they did

Case-control study in Brazil with women aged 18-45. Women were screened for PMS and if positive had the diagnosis confirmed with additional questions. All women answered questionnaires about sleep quality and daytime sleepiness during the luteal phase and follicular phase.

## What they found

Women with PMS had a clear higher risk of poor sleep quality compared to those without PMS. Women with PMS had higher daytime sleepiness scores. Women without PMS showed different sleepiness levels across menstrual cycle phases.

## What it means for you

Women with PMS sleep worse and feel more tired during the day. The effect appears consistent across menstrual cycle phases in women with PMS. Study was from one country.

69

women with PMS

52

women without PMS

2

times higher risk of poor sleep quality with PMS

## About the study

Original title Sleep quality and excessive daytime sleepiness in women with Premenstrual Syndrome Authors Conzatti M, Perez AV, Maciel RF et al. Journal Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology Year 2021 Study design Case-control study Participants 69 What was tested None Read the paper [doi.org/10.1080/09513590.2021.1968820](https://doi.org/10.1080/09513590.2021.1968820)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Sleep and insomnia](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-sleep/)

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