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title: What premenstrual symptoms do Chinese women in Hong Kong experience?
description: Fatigue was the most common symptom. Pain, water retention, behavior changes, and mood changes each occurred in more than 64% of women, with pain being more p
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# What premenstrual symptoms do Chinese women in Hong Kong experience?

Fatigue was the most common symptom. Pain, water retention, behavior changes, and mood changes each occurred in more than 64% of women, with pain being more prominent than in Western studies.

 Early or limited evidence

Chinese clerical women employed in Hong Kong

## What they did

A cross-sectional survey of Chinese clerical workers in Hong Kong using a translated version of an established menstrual symptom questionnaire.

## What they found

Fatigue was the most prevalent symptom. Pain, water retention, behavioral change, and negative affect scales each had more than 64% frequency. Compared to other studies, pain was more prominent and negative affect (mood changes) were less prominent than in Western samples.

## What it means for you

Chinese women in Hong Kong report different symptom patterns than Western samples, with pain being more prominent. The main limitation is this was one population in one location, and sample size was not specified, so these findings may not apply to all Chinese women or other populations.

>64%

Frequency of pain, water retention, behavioral change, negative affect

## About the study

Original title Premenstrual syndrome in employed Chinese women in Hong Kong Authors Chang AM, Holroyd E, Chau JP Journal Health care for women international Year 1995 Study design Survey study Read the paper [doi.org/10.1080/07399339509516209](https://doi.org/10.1080/07399339509516209)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Pain and headache](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-pain/)[Work and productivity](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-work/)[Stigma, attitudes and culture](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-stigma-culture/)

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