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title: Does regular exercise reduce the severity of premenstrual syndrome in teenage girls?
description: Yes, there was a relationship between regular exercise and less severe PMS. Girls with regular exercise had lower rates of moderate and severe PMS than girls
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/hubungan-aktivitas-olahraga-dengan-kejadian-sindrom-pramenstruasi-pada-remaja-2021/
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Survey study, 2021

# Does regular exercise reduce the severity of premenstrual syndrome in teenage girls?

Yes, there was a relationship between regular exercise and less severe PMS. Girls with regular exercise had lower rates of moderate and severe PMS than girls with irregular exercise.

 Early or limited evidence

130 teenage girls at a high school in Tangerang, Indonesia

## What they did

Cross-sectional survey of 130 teenage girls at a high school in Tangerang, Indonesia in November, using random sampling to ask about exercise frequency and PMS severity.

## What they found

Girls with regular exercise had less severe PMS. With moderate PMS, 20 students exercised regularly (32.8%) and 41 exercised irregularly (67.2%). With severe PMS, 8 students exercised regularly (20.5%) and 31 exercised irregularly (79.5%). The study found a statistical relationship between sports activity and PMS severity.

## What it means for you

Regular exercise is associated with less severe PMS in teenage girls. The main limit is this is a cross-sectional study so we cannot prove exercise causes less PMS, and it was conducted at one school only.

79.5%

with irregular exercise had severe PMS

20.5%

with regular exercise had severe PMS

130

students surveyed

## About the study

Original title HUBUNGAN AKTIVITAS OLAHRAGA DENGAN KEJADIAN SINDROM PRAMENSTRUASI PADA REMAJA PUTRI SMAN 6 TANGERANG Authors Isramilda Isramilda, Kasih Purwati Journal Zona Kebidanan Program Studi Kebidanan Universitas Batam Year 2021 Study design Survey study Participants 130 What was tested None Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.37776/zkeb.v10i3.665](https://doi.org/10.37776/zkeb.v10i3.665)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Irritability and anger](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-irritability-anger/)[Exercise and yoga](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-exercise/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/)[Adolescents and young people](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-adolescents/)[Athletes and sport](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-athletes/)

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