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title: Does the combined oral contraceptive pill improve quality of life for women with PMS?
description: Yes, the pill improved quality of life for women taking it for menstrual pain and PMS symptoms. Women taking it only for contraception had mixed results.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/impact-of-use-of-combined-oral-contraceptive-pill-on-the-quality-of-life-of-2007/
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Cohort study, 2007

# Does the combined oral contraceptive pill improve quality of life for women with PMS?

Yes, the pill improved quality of life for women taking it for menstrual pain and PMS symptoms. Women taking it only for contraception had mixed results.

 Moderate study design

110 Japanese women taking combined oral contraceptive pill for the first time

## What they did

Prospective study in Japan. 110 women completed quality of life questionnaires before starting the combined oral contraceptive pill and again more than 3 months after.

## What they found

Women taking the pill for dysmenorrhea, PMS, and irregular cycles showed improvements in quality of life. Those taking it for contraception only showed overall improvement but worsening in relationships.

## What it means for you

The pill can improve quality of life for women with menstrual symptoms, but the benefit depends on why they are taking it. Only women in Japan were studied.

110

Women who completed the study

6

Different groups by reason for taking pill

3 months

Time between questionnaires

## About the study

Original title Impact of use of combined oral contraceptive pill on the quality of life of Japanese women Authors Matsumoto Y, Yamabe S, Ideta K et al. Journal The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research Year 2007 Study design Cohort study Participants 110 What was tested Combined oral contraceptive pill Read the paper [doi.org/10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00581.x](https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00581.x)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Dysmenorrhea and period pain](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-dysmenorrhea/)[Bloating, breast tenderness and physical symptoms](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-physical-symptoms/)[Oral contraceptives and drospirenone](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-hormonal-contraceptives/)[Relationships and partners](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-relationships/)[Quality of life and daily functioning](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-quality-of-life/)

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