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title: How do lifestyle factors affect PMS symptoms? | Niyora
description: Lifestyle factors including work type, education level, and period regularity are linked to how severe PMS symptoms are. Housewives reported the highest sympt
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/influence-of-life-style-on-the-premenstrual-syndrome-analysis-of-a-questionnaire-1985/
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Survey study, 1985

# How do lifestyle factors affect PMS symptoms?

Lifestyle factors including work type, education level, and period regularity are linked to how severe PMS symptoms are. Housewives reported the highest symptom levels.

 Early or limited evidence

384 women with a wide range of lifestyles

## What they did

384 women with varying lifestyles completed questionnaires. Researchers measured symptoms in four areas: swelling, physical responses, mood changes, and coping.

## What they found

Links were found between PMS symptoms and period regularity, job level, and education. Housewives reported the most symptoms. Doctor visits for PMS were more common than usually reported in medical literature.

## What it means for you

Lifestyle and social factors are linked to PMS symptoms or how much they bother women, but the study shows only association, not what causes what. The study gave limited detail on specific findings.

384

women surveyed

4

areas of PMS symptoms measured

## About the study

Original title Influence of life-style on the premenstrual syndrome. Analysis of a questionnaire survey Authors Friedman D, Jaffe A Journal The Journal of reproductive medicine Year 1985 Study design Survey study Participants 384 Read the paper [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4067940/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4067940/)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)

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