Study, 2015
What self-care measures do female nursing students use for PMS?
Most nursing students have PMS symptoms. 87.1% experienced premenstrual symptoms, but very few used recommended dietary changes like reducing fat, salt, spices, or caffeine.
What they did
Used questionnaires to ask 210 female nursing students about their PMS symptoms and self-care measures, including separate assessment sheets for demographics, measurements, menstrual history, symptom severity, and self-care practices.
What they found
87.1% of the 210 students experienced premenstrual symptoms. For dietary self-care, 16.2% decreased fat intake, 14% decreased spices, 6% decreased salt, and 4.2% decreased caffeine. 12.4% had severe mood swings and 9.5% had severe fatigue.
What it means for you
Most nursing students have PMS, but very few use dietary self-care measures. This study looked only at nursing students in one place, so we don't know if the same pattern applies to all women.
87.1%
Experienced premenstrual symptoms
16.2%
Decreased fat intake
12.4%
Had severe mood swings
About the study
- Original title
- Self –Care Measures Regarding Premenstrual Syndrome Among Female Nursing Students
- Journal
- International journal of Nursing Didactics
- Year
- 2015
- Study design
- Study
- Participants
- 210
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.15520/ijnd.2015.vol5.iss02.53.01-10
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