Survey study, 2017
What makes PMS worse in nursing students?
Higher stress and more painful periods were linked to worse premenstrual syndrome, and together these explained about a fifth of the difference between students.
What they did
Researchers surveyed 159 nursing students at three colleges in South Korea using questionnaires, then analyzed the data with statistics to see what was linked to PMS severity.
What they found
Stress and attitude toward menstruation were both linked to PMS. Stress (beta=.36, p<.001) and painful periods (dysmenorrhea) (beta=.22, p=.003) were the main factors affecting PMS, together explaining 19.4% of the differences seen between students.
What it means for you
Programs to reduce stress and period pain might help manage PMS in nursing students, but this study only looked at associations in one group at one time, so it cannot prove that stress or pain causes worse PMS, and the findings may not apply beyond this group.
159
nursing students studied
19.4%
of PMS differences explained by stress and period pain
β=.36
strength of link between stress and PMS
About the study
- Original title
- Influencing Factors in Premenstrual Syndrome(PMS) among Nursing Students
- Authors
- Da Hai Som Kang
- Journal
- Journal of Digital Convergence
- Year
- 2017
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 159
- What was tested
- None tested; this was an observational survey, not a treatment study.
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.14400/jdc.2017.15.3.277
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