Cohort study, 2003
Does Yasmin birth control reduce premenstrual symptoms?
Yes. Women taking Yasmin showed significant improvements in premenstrual symptoms and quality of life.
What they did
Healthcare providers distributed surveys to women starting Yasmin. Researchers collected baseline and follow-up self-reported data on premenstrual symptoms and quality of life.
What they found
Premenstrual symptoms significantly improved in all cycle phases (P = .000). The majority of individual symptoms (76.9%) improved significantly. Mental Component Summary score improved (P = .000), and general well-being improved, but Physical Component Summary did not.
What it means for you
Yasmin appears effective for reducing premenstrual symptoms and improving mental quality of life, though findings were based on self-reported data with significant attrition (only 44.4% of surveys suitable for analysis).
858
women analyzed
76.9%
individual symptoms improved significantly
.000
P value for premenstrual improvement
About the study
- Original title
- Effect of an oral contraceptive containing ethinyl estradiol and drospirenone on premenstrual symptomatology and health-related quality of life
- Authors
- Borenstein J, Yu HT, Wade S et al.
- Journal
- The Journal of reproductive medicine
- Year
- 2003
- Study design
- Cohort study
- What was tested
- Oral contraceptive containing drospirenone 3 mg and ethinyl estradiol 30 micrograms
- Read the paper
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12621790/
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