Survey study, 2022
How common is PMS in nursing students?
Very common. 99% of nursing students experience PMS, and about 62% say it affects their daily activities before their period.
What they did
Cross-sectional study of 100 nursing students at a college in Telangana, India. They completed self-reported questionnaires about whether they experience PMS and how it affects their lives, plus a PMS severity scale.
What they found
99% of women experienced some level of PMS. Around 62% reported that PMS impaired their activities before menstruation. The students ranged from ages 18 to 25, with an average age of 20.3 years.
What it means for you
PMS is extremely common in this group. But the study relied on women self-reporting their symptoms rather than being examined by a doctor, and it only included students from one college in India, so results may not apply to all women.
99%
Experience PMS
62%
Have daily activity impairment
20.3
Mean age in years
About the study
- Original title
- Study of prevalence of PMS in female nursing students of a college in Telangana
- Authors
- RHODA RHODA PAVITRA, S Sireesha
- Journal
- International Journal of Advanced Research in Medicine
- Year
- 2022
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 36
- What was tested
- None - observational study
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.22271/27069567.2022.v4.i2a.403
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