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title: Does a young women's class reduce PMS anxiety in teenage girls?
description: Yes. Teenage girls who attended a young women's class with stress management and yoga exercises showed a mean anxiety reduction of 5.94 compared to 0.97 in th
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Non-randomised trial, 2022

# Does a young women's class reduce PMS anxiety in teenage girls?

Yes. Teenage girls who attended a young women's class with stress management and yoga exercises showed a mean anxiety reduction of 5.94 compared to 0.97 in the control group.

 Early or limited evidence

Female adolescents with PMS

## What they did

Female adolescents with PMS received either a Young Women's Class (including stress management, hygiene guidelines, and yoga exercises) once per month, or no intervention. Anxiety was measured at baseline and 4 weeks later using the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale.

## What they found

The intervention group's mean anxiety reduction was 5.94 compared to 0.97 in the control group (p=0.000). Adolescents who did not attend the class had 5.88 higher anxiety levels. Girls with menstrual periods longer than 7 days had 0.76 higher anxiety.

## What it means for you

Young women's classes with stress management and yoga may reduce PMS anxiety. However, this was not a randomized controlled trial, so we cannot be certain the class itself caused the anxiety reduction rather than other factors.

5.94

mean anxiety reduction in intervention group

0.97

mean anxiety reduction in control group

0.000

p-value (highly significant)

## About the study

Original title The Effect of Teenage Girls Class Model to Reduce Anxiety Symptoms of Premenstrual Syndrome Authors Midwifery Departement, Poltekkes Jakarta I, Alice Leiwakabessy Journal INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS Year 2022 Study design Non-randomised trial What was tested Young Women's Class with stress management, hygiene guidelines, and yoga Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.47191/ijmra/v5-i5-20](https://doi.org/10.47191/ijmra/v5-i5-20)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Menstrual cycle and mood](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-cycle-mood/)[Anxiety and tension](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-anxiety/)[Psychotherapy, counselling and education](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-psychotherapy/)[Exercise and yoga](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-exercise/)[Work and productivity](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-work/)[Adolescents and young people](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-adolescents/)

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