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title: Is poor sleep linked to worse PMS symptoms? | Niyora
description: Yes. Women with worse PMS symptoms reported worse sleep quality. The study found that 85.6% of women had some premenstrual symptoms and 36.5% had PMS diagnose
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/a-study-on-premenstrual-syndrome-symptoms-and-their-association-with-sleep-2019/
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Survey study, 2019

# Is poor sleep linked to worse PMS symptoms?

Yes. Women with worse PMS symptoms reported worse sleep quality. The study found that 85.6% of women had some premenstrual symptoms and 36.5% had PMS diagnosed by formal criteria.

 Moderate study design

450 female nursing staff aged 25 to 50 from Indian tertiary care hospitals

## What they did

450 female nurses aged 25 to 50 completed questionnaires measuring premenstrual symptoms using the PMTS scale and sleep quality using the PSQI scale.

## What they found

85.6% of the 450 women had premenstrual symptoms using ACOG criteria. 36.5% had PMS using DSM criteria. There was a significant positive correlation between PMS severity and poor sleep quality, meaning worse PMS was associated with worse sleep.

## What it means for you

Women with worse PMS symptoms tend to have worse sleep. However, this study was done only in nurses and we cannot tell whether PMS causes poor sleep, poor sleep causes PMS, or if other factors cause both. Larger studies are needed to understand the relationship.

85.6%

with premenstrual symptoms

36.5%

with PMS diagnosed

450

nurses studied

## About the study

Original title A study on premenstrual syndrome symptoms and their association with sleep quality in nursing staff Authors Gauri Kore, Heena Merchant, Hiba Narvel et al. Journal International Journal of Reproduction Contraception Obstetrics and Gynecology Year 2019 Study design Survey study What was tested None Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20191204](https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20191204)

## 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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