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title: How do stress and contraceptive use affect different types of PMS?
description: The study found that different types of PMS (labeled A, H, C, and D) occur in different proportions depending on stress level and how long someone uses contra
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/stress-level-and-length-of-use-contraception-to-premenstrual-syndrome-pms-type-2023/
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# How do stress and contraceptive use affect different types of PMS?

The study found that different types of PMS (labeled A, H, C, and D) occur in different proportions depending on stress level and how long someone uses contraception. The abstract does not provide specific percentages.

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101 women of childbearing age (15-49 years) in west Purwokerto and Sumbang subdistricts, Indonesia

## What they did

Cross-sectional descriptive survey of 101 women of childbearing age (15-49 years) in two Indonesian subdistricts. They collected data through interviews about stress level, contraceptive use duration, and PMS type.

## What they found

The study identified different proportions of PMS types in the population. Stress level and length of contraceptive use were associated with differences in the proportion of PMS types (A, H, C, and D).

## What it means for you

Different PMS profiles may relate to stress and contraceptive patterns, but the abstract provides no specific numbers or direction of associations. This limits practical understanding.

101

women of childbearing age

15-49 years

age range

4

PMS types identified

## About the study

Original title Stress Level and Length of Use Contraception to Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) Type in Childbearing Age Women Authors Colti Sistiarani, Bambang Hariyadi, Eri Wahyuningsih et al. Journal Global Journal of Reproductive Medicine Year 2023 Study design Survey study Participants 101 What was tested None Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.19080/gjorm.2023.10.555779](https://doi.org/10.19080/gjorm.2023.10.555779) Original abstract

The identification of factors related to PMS is still general in nature and has not focused on identifying risk factor related the type of PMS. PMS itself is more experienced by women of childbearing age. The prevalence of PMS types in women of childbearing age is done to be able to map the types of PMS so that their magnitude can be found in the population. This research is a descriptive analytic study with a cross sectional approach. The population in this study were women of childbearing age (15-49 years) who were in the west Purwokerto subdistrict and Sumbang subdistrict. The number of samples in this study were 101 respondents. The sampling technique was purposive sampling. Collect data using interviews with respondents. Data analysis used binomial test and multinomial regression. The results of the study can be explained that there are differences in the proportion of PMS A, H and D types in the population. There is a difference in the proportion between Type H, PMS C, Type A and Type D depending on the length of time using contraceptive and stress level.

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