Non-randomised trial, 2019
Does eating avocado reduce PMS symptoms?
Yes. PMS symptom scores dropped significantly when first-year students ate avocado, from an average of 18.20 to 14.13.
What they did
Study of 47 first-year midwifery students in Indonesia from February to July 2017. Each student's PMS symptoms were measured before and after eating avocado.
What they found
Average PMS score before avocado was 18.20. Average PMS score after avocado was 14.13. The difference was statistically significant (p=0.000).
What it means for you
Avocado may help reduce PMS symptoms, likely because it contains vitamin B6, vitamin E, magnesium, calcium, and vitamin D. However, there was no control group for comparison, so we cannot be sure the avocado itself caused the improvement rather than other factors like habits or time.
47
students studied
18.20
average PMS score before
14.13
average PMS score after
About the study
- Original title
- PENGARUH ALPUKAT TERHADAP GEJALA PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME (PMS) PADA MAHASISWA KEBIDANAN TINGKAT I DI PRODI KEBIDANAN UNIVERSITAS MALAHAYATI BANDAR LAMPUNG TAHUN 2017
- Authors
- Nita Evrianasari, Stefanie Vlorensya Tuasela
- Journal
- JKM (Jurnal Kebidanan Malahayati)
- Year
- 2019
- Study design
- Non-randomised trial
- What was tested
- Eating avocado
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.33024/jkm.v4i2.654
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