Premenstrual Symptoms-Prevalence, Coping Behaviors and Related Quality of Life
Journal Title: International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS) - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a collection of physical and mood changes, related to female menstrual cycle. This study was done to assess the prevalence of premenstrual symptoms, their coping behaviors and related Quality of Life (QoL) among female medical/dental undergraduate students.This was a cross sectional study done among female undergraduate medical/dental students of Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal in the months of September and October, 2014. Modified Abraham’s Menstrual Symptom Questionnaire (MSQ), to assess the prevalence and severity of PMS symptoms and Womens’ Quality of Life (WOMQoL) questionnaire were employed for data collection. Prevalence of symptoms was expressed in means and percentages. Association between PMS score and other independent variables was seen by t test with P value < 0.05 as significant association.There were (n=240) 204 medical & 36 dental students among the respondents. Overall prevalence of at least one premenstrual symptom was 72.5% for affective and 74.5% for somatic symptoms. PMS symptoms were significantly severe among those with a prior family history (p=0.019) but no such association was found with regularity of menstrual cycles (p=0.572) or BMI (p=0.203) of respondents. Also, females who had a higher PMS score were found to be more prone to have poor quality of life (QoL) as reflected in all the four domains, namely physical, psychological, spiritual and social. (p<0.05) Symptoms of Premenstrual syndrome is present in a vast majority of respondents, so rational approach in dealing with the symptoms is the need of the hour.
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Vijay Pandian M, Shanthosh Priyan S, Anto FerdineVaik, Franc Oumanath
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