Survey study, 1983
How do premenstrual symptoms relate to mental health problems and social difficulties?
This paper describes how to study the relationship between premenstrual symptoms, mental health, and social problems using interviews, diaries, and questionnaires. The abstract does not report actual findings.
What they did
Researchers designed a study using questionnaires, menstrual diaries, psychiatric interviews, and social assessments to examine women from general practice and a premenstrual tension treatment clinic.
What they found
The abstract describes only the study design and methods, and does not report findings or results.
What it means for you
This shows that properly studying PMS requires careful methods to confirm what women report and distinguish premenstrual symptoms from other psychiatric or social problems. The main limitation is no results are presented.
About the study
- Original title
- Psychiatric and social aspects of premenstrual complaint
- Authors
- Clare AW
- Journal
- Psychological medicine. Monograph supplement
- Year
- 1983
- Study design
- Survey study
- What was tested
- None - observational study
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1017/s0264180100001934
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