Survey study, 1999
Do nursing interventions help relieve PMS symptoms?
Yes. Educational nursing interventions proved effective in relieving PMS and improving students' practices during the premenstrual period.
What they did
Nursing students at two schools in Alexandria and Tanta were surveyed about PMS symptoms and how they managed them. Then 100 students from each school were divided into experimental and control groups: one received educational nursing interventions, one did not. Researchers used a questionnaire and evaluation tool to measure relief of symptoms.
What they found
Most students in both cities had various physical, psychological, and behavioral PMS symptoms. Educational nursing interventions proved most effective in relieving PMS and improving students' practices during the premenstrual period.
What it means for you
Teaching students about PMS appeared to help them manage symptoms. The main limits are that the sample is small (200 students from 2 schools in one country) and it's not clear exactly what the interventions included.
100
students from each school
2
schools in Egypt
About the study
- Original title
- Impact of Nursing Interventions on the Relief of Premenstrual Syndrome among Students of the High Institute of Nursing in Alexandria and Tanta
- Authors
- Goheir Sobhy, Asma Ashmawy, Tereza Faragalla et al.
- Journal
- Journal of High Institute of Public Health
- Year
- 1999
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 100
- What was tested
- Educational nursing interventions.
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.21608/jhiph.1999.326344
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