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title: Does cognitive-behavioral therapy reduce premenstrual syndrome symptoms?
description: Yes, cognitive-behavioral therapy significantly reduced PMS symptoms, especially for women who completed the full treatment.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/effectiveness-of-cognitive-behavioral-therapy-on-premenstrual-syndrome-through-2017/
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Randomised trial, 2017

# Does cognitive-behavioral therapy reduce premenstrual syndrome symptoms?

Yes, cognitive-behavioral therapy significantly reduced PMS symptoms, especially for women who completed the full treatment.

 Moderate study design

56 Iranian women with PMS from two clinics in Isfahan city

## What they did

56 Iranian women with PMS were randomly divided into treatment and control groups of 28 each. The treatment group received 10 sessions of cognitive-behavioral therapy. Both groups completed questionnaires before and after to measure PMS symptoms. Researchers also tracked how well women completed the therapy.

## What they found

Cognitive-behavioral therapy significantly reduced PMS symptoms compared to control. The therapy was more effective for women who attended and completed all sessions.

## What it means for you

CBT may help reduce PMS symptoms but only if women complete all sessions. Results are from one small study in Iran, so findings may not apply to all women everywhere.

56

women with PMS

10

therapy sessions

28

women in each group

## About the study

Original title Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on Premenstrual Syndrome Through Compliance to Treatment in an Iranian Sample Authors Setareh Babajani, Karim Asgari, Hamid Reza Orayzi et al. Journal Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences Year 2017 Study design Randomised trial Participants 56 What was tested 10 sessions of cognitive-behavioral therapy Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.5812/zjrms.12537](https://doi.org/10.5812/zjrms.12537)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Cognition, concentration and memory](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-cognition/)[Cognitive behavioral therapy](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-cbt/)

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