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title: Does education about PMS help reduce premenstrual symptoms? | Niyora
description: Yes. Women who received education had fewer anxiety and appetite symptoms, fewer severe depression and water retention symptoms, and fewer days with any sympt
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/effects-of-a-premenstrual-syndrome-education-program-on-premenstrual-1990/
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Randomised trial, 1990

# Does education about PMS help reduce premenstrual symptoms?

Yes. Women who received education had fewer anxiety and appetite symptoms, fewer severe depression and water retention symptoms, and fewer days with any symptoms.

 Moderate study design

47 employed women with moderate to severe PMS

## What they did

47 employed women with moderate to severe PMS were randomly assigned to control or education groups. The education group participated in a PMS education program. Both groups recorded 19 symptoms daily using Abraham's Menstrual Symptom Diary.

## What they found

Participants in the education program had fewer occurrences of anxiety and appetite symptoms, fewer severe water retention and depression symptoms, and fewer total days with symptoms than women in the control group.

## What it means for you

Client education appears to help women manage PMS symptoms and improve health. The study used a convenience sample rather than random recruitment, and specific improvement percentages were not reported. These findings should be confirmed in larger studies.

47

women

19

symptoms tracked daily

4

symptom categories

## About the study

Original title Effects of a premenstrual syndrome education program on premenstrual symptomatology Authors Seideman RY Journal Health care for women international Year 1990 Study design Randomised trial Participants 47 What was tested Education program about PMS Read the paper [doi.org/10.1080/07399339009515917](https://doi.org/10.1080/07399339009515917)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Low mood and depression](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-depression-mood/)[Anxiety and tension](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-anxiety/)[Appetite and food cravings](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-food-cravings/)[Psychotherapy, counselling and education](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-psychotherapy/)

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