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.
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
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