Survey study, 2011
How do women with PMS experience and manage their symptoms?
Most women (79%) experience moderate to high PMS symptoms, but few use management methods and those that do find them mostly ineffective. We have low confidence as this is one observational study from one clinic.
What they did
Descriptive study of 379 women aged 15-49 attending a primary care center in Turkey from May to December 2006. Women completed a 44-item Premenstrual Syndrome Scale.
What they found
79% experienced moderate to high PMS symptoms. Sleep changes, pain, fatigue and irritation had the highest average scores. Few women used management methods oriented to PMS and these were mostly ineffective.
What it means for you
Many women with PMS lack effective ways to manage symptoms. The study only included one clinic in Turkey, so results may not apply elsewhere.
379
women studied
79%
experienced moderate to high symptoms
44
items on symptom scale
About the study
- Original title
- Premenstrual syndrome and management behaviours in Turkey
- Authors
- Sibel Öztürk, Derya Tanrıverdi, Behice Erci
- Journal
- Australian journal of advanced nursing
- Year
- 2011
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 379
- What was tested
- None
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.37464/2011.283.1670