Study, 2013
Do women with PMS experience more mental health symptoms?
Yes, the study found that women with PMS had connections to various mental health symptoms including depression, anxiety, anger, and others.
What they did
Researchers recruited 127 people from a youth clinic at a hospital in Ankara, Turkey. Each person filled out a form with demographic information, a premenstrual assessment form to measure PMS, and a symptom checklist that measures mental health and physical symptoms.
What they found
Among the 127 people, 16% met criteria for PMS (21 people scored above the threshold on the premenstrual assessment form). The study found connections between PMS scores and mental health symptom scores overall, including depression, anxiety, anger, and other symptoms.
What it means for you
Women with PMS may experience more depression, anxiety, anger, and other mental symptoms compared to women without PMS. However, this study measured everyone at one point in time, so we cannot know if PMS causes these mental symptoms, if mental symptoms trigger PMS, or if they just happen together. The study took place in one clinic in Turkey, so results may not apply to all women.
127
people studied
16%
with PMS
21
people who met PMS criteria
About the study
- Original title
- Psychopathology in premenstrual syndrome
- Authors
- Halil Özcan, Burak Subaşı
- Journal
- Journal of Mood Disorders
- Year
- 2013
- Study design
- Study
- Participants
- 127
- What was tested
- None - observation and assessment only, no treatment
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.5455/jmood.20130514121254
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