Survey study, 2022
How common are PMS and PMDD? Are stress, anxiety, depression, and sleep problems related to them?
About 22.49% of women have PMS and 1.36% have PMDD. Women with these conditions have much higher stress, anxiety, and depression and worse sleep than women without them.
What they did
Researchers interviewed 587 women from urban areas in India and asked them about PMS symptoms, sleep, stress, anxiety, and depression. They selected 140 women with PMS or PMDD and compared them to 140 women without these conditions.
What they found
About 22.49% of all women studied had PMS and 1.36% had PMDD. Among women with PMS or PMDD, 63.57% had moderate PMS, 30.71% had severe PMS, and 5.71% had PMDD. Women with PMS or PMDD also had much higher stress, anxiety, and depression and worse sleep than women without these conditions.
What it means for you
PMS and PMDD are relatively common, especially PMS. The strong connection between PMS and mental health problems suggests these may be linked. However, this is an observational study, so we cannot prove one causes the other.
22.49%
of women had PMS
1.36%
of women had PMDD
63.57%
of PMS/PMDD cases were moderate severity
About the study
- Original title
- A Study of Prevalence and Psychological Correlates of Premenstrual Syndrome and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- Authors
- Arshia Jadhav, Suprakash Chaudhury, Daniel Saldanha
- Journal
- Medical Journal of Dr D Y Patil Vidyapeeth
- Year
- 2022
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 587
- What was tested
- None
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.4103/mjdrdypu.mjdrdypu_656_20
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