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title: Does mindfulness meditation reduce premenstrual symptoms in nursing students?
description: Mindfulness meditation significantly reduced premenstrual symptom severity in this study (p<0.001). The abstract does not specify how many students were studi
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Non-randomised trial, 2026

# Does mindfulness meditation reduce premenstrual symptoms in nursing students?

Mindfulness meditation significantly reduced premenstrual symptom severity in this study (p<0.001). The abstract does not specify how many students were studied or provide the actual reduction in symptoms, limiting what we can conclude.

 Early or limited evidence

Nursing students with premenstrual symptoms in Alappuzha, India

## What they did

Quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design. Nursing students with premenstrual symptoms were taught mindfulness meditation and mindfulness breathing by the investigator. The intervention ran from the 6th day of the menstrual cycle until the first day of the next cycle, with posttest on the first day of the next cycle.

## What they found

Mindfulness meditation techniques had a significant effect in reducing premenstrual symptom severity score (p<0.001). Statistical analysis used paired t-test.

## What it means for you

Mindfulness meditation appeared to reduce premenstrual symptoms in nursing students. This is a weak design because there was no control group and the abstract does not provide sample size or amount of improvement. We cannot tell if improvement came from the meditation or from other factors like time passing or increased attention to symptoms.

p<0.001

Symptom reduction significance

Day 6 to day 1

Intervention timing in cycle

Not stated

Number of participants

## About the study

Original title EFFECT OF MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TECHNIQUES ON PREMENSTRUAL SYMPTOMS AMONG NURSING STUDENTS OF SELECTED INSTITUTIONS IN ALAPPUZHA Authors DEEPIKA NAIR, SEENA B Journal International Journal of Scientific Development and Research Year 2026 Study design Non-randomised trial What was tested Mindfulness meditation and mindfulness breathing techniques taught by investigator Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.56975/ijsdr.v11i2.307535](https://doi.org/10.56975/ijsdr.v11i2.307535)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Mindfulness and meditation](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-mindfulness/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/)

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