Survey study, 2022
Does a transdiagnostic treatment program help adolescent girls with premenstrual syndrome?
Yes. Girls who received 8 weeks of treatment had significantly greater improvement in PMS symptoms and emotion regulation compared to girls in the control group.
What they did
Experimental study of 32 adolescent girls with PMS in Tehran, Iran. The treatment group (16 girls) received 8 weekly sessions of 90-minute transdiagnostic treatment program. A control group of 10 girls received no treatment. Researchers measured symptoms and emotion regulation before and after.
What they found
The treatment group had significantly greater improvement in PMS symptoms (-1.05 versus -0.02 in controls) and emotion regulation including cognitive reappraisal and suppression (all p less than 0.001).
What it means for you
The treatment showed promise for reducing PMS symptoms in adolescent girls. However, the control group was small (10 versus 16), and we do not know if results would apply to older women or in other countries. Only short-term results are reported.
16
girls in treatment group
8
weekly treatment sessions
90
minutes per session
About the study
- Original title
- The Effectiveness of Transdiagnostic Treatment Program on Clinical Symptoms and Emotion Regulation in Girls Adolescents with Premenstrual Syndrome
- Authors
- Ghasemzadeh S, Naghsh Z, Fesharaki MG
- Journal
- Iranian journal of public health
- Year
- 2022
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 16
- What was tested
- Transdiagnostic Treatment Program, 8 weekly 90-minute sessions
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.18502/ijph.v51i6.9694
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