Case-control study, 2012
Do women with PMS have worse sleep quality than those without?
Yes. A significantly higher percentage of women with PMS reported poor sleep quality, mainly due to sleep disturbances. The difference was statistically significant.
What they did
A case-control study of Medical Academy students. Researchers identified women with PMS using a standardized scale and assessed sleep quality using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), a validated questionnaire that measures how well people sleep.
What they found
Poor sleep quality was found in 75.6% of women with PMS and 58.8% of women without PMS, a statistically significant difference. The strongest difference between groups was in the sleep disturbance component specifically, with a score of 1.7 (±0.6) in women with PMS versus 1.5 (±0.6) in women without PMS.
What it means for you
Women with PMS are much more likely to experience poor sleep quality and sleep disturbances, particularly difficulty sleeping through the night. Sleep problems may be part of how PMS affects overall wellbeing. This study was small and included only medical students, so results may not apply to all women.
75.6%
with PMS who had poor sleep
58.8%
without PMS who had poor sleep
1.7
sleep disturbance score with PMS
About the study
- Original title
- Subjective sleep quality in premenstrual syndrome
- Authors
- Ozisik Karaman HI, Tanriverdi G, Degirmenci Y
- Journal
- Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology
- Year
- 2012
- Study design
- Case-control study
- Participants
- 6
- What was tested
- None; sleep quality was measured but not treated
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.3109/09513590.2011.650769
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