Menstrual Symptoms, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Work Productivity in Japanese Women with Dysmenorrhea Receiving Different Treatments: Prospective Observational Study

Yokosuka, Osamu; Takahashi, Noriko; Suzukamo, Yoshimi

doi:10.1007/s12325-022-02118-0

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“…Menstrual symptoms, such as premenstrual syndrome (PMS), menstrual pain, and heavy menstrual bleeding, considerably lower women’s health-related quality of life [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ]. PMS is described as either a poor psychological condition, such as irritability and anxiety, or physical discomfort, such as bloating, daytime drowsiness, and increased or decreased appetite, which typically lasts between 7 and 14 days before menstruation and disappears after it begins [ 6 ].…”

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“…The impact of menstrual symptoms on work performance, such as absenteeism (being absent from work), job performance, and productivity, has gained attention in business settings and its significance has been examined [ 4 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ]. One study in the Netherlands found that 13.8% of 32,748 women reported absenteeism during their menstrual periods, with 3.4% reporting absenteeism every or almost every menstrual cycle [ 13 ].…”

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The Association between Menstrual Symptoms and Presenteeism: A Cross-Sectional Study for Women Working in Central Tokyo

Okamoto,

Matsumura,

Takahashi

et al. 2024

IJERPH

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Menstrual symptoms lower women’s work performance, but to what extent one’s performance declines during the perimenstrual periods is unclear. This cross-sectional study evaluated relative presenteeism by the severity of menstrual symptoms in working women. Participants included women who joined a health promotion event in Tokyo. The severity of PMS and symptoms during menstruation were categorized based on their frequency, and the outcome variable was relative presenteeism as the ratio of work performance during the perimenstrual periods to that during the inter-menstrual period. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed. Of the 312 participants, 238 were eligible, 50% of whom claimed severe symptoms in either PMS or during menstruation. Participants were divided into four groups (1) without severe menstrual symptoms, (2) severe PMS alone, (3) severe symptoms during menstruation alone, and (4) both severe PMS and symptoms during menstruation—and the mean relative presenteeism was 91% (standard deviation (SD) 23), 69% (SD 21), 76% (SD 16), and 69% (SD 27), respectively (p < 0.01). A between-group comparison revealed statistically significant differences in relative presenteeism, when group (1) served as the criterion for comparisons (p < 0.01). This study demonstrates that severe PMS alone, as well as both severe PMS and symptoms during menstruation, particularly decreased work performance.

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The Association between Menstrual Symptoms and Presenteeism: A Cross-Sectional Study for Women Working in Central Tokyo

Okamoto,

Matsumura,

Takahashi

et al. 2024

IJERPH

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“…Previous studies have indicated that pain can be so disabling as to even affect performance of the activities of daily living [8]. Along with menstrual pain, it is usual for women to experience other menstrual symptoms that can affect their productive performance, with the consequent need to assess the impact of menstruation on work [9]. The data indicated that more than one-fourth of the women reduced their working hours or failed to attend work at least 1 day in the last 6 months due to painful menses [9].…”

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“…Along with menstrual pain, it is usual for women to experience other menstrual symptoms that can affect their productive performance, with the consequent need to assess the impact of menstruation on work [9]. The data indicated that more than one-fourth of the women reduced their working hours or failed to attend work at least 1 day in the last 6 months due to painful menses [9]. This points to the fact that dysmenorrhea may not only be considered a health problem but also a social one, as it exerts an in uence on health-related quality of life [10].…”

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The effect of menstrual pain and symptoms on activities of daily living and on work absenteeism: A cross-sectional study

Leon-Larios,

Silva-Reus,

Martínez

et al. 2023

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Objective To analyse the prevalence of menstrual pain in women of reproductive age, who use contraception methods or not, as well as its repercussion on their daily life and professional activities. Methods A cross-sectional and descriptive study conducted in July and August 2022. Phone interviews were carried out by means of a random system to select women aged between 15 and 49 years old. The questionnaire included sociodemographic variables, contraception method used and characteristics of the menstrual pattern (pain and bleeding amount), its influence on their working life and if they would need to resort to sick leaves due to the impairments arising from the menstrual symptoms. Results A total of 1,800 women representative of the Spanish population took part in this study. 72.6% of them report menstrual pain, with 45.9% requiring medication. 35.9% identify their menstrual bleeding as intense or very intense. 38.8% assert that menstrual discomforts affect their everyday life. 34.3% would have required not attending their work activities or having requested sick leave due to the discomforts, although only 17.3% of the women finally requested so, mainly because 58.4% considered that it might imply consequences in their professional environment, especially those with Higher Education. The women that report more discomforts are the youngest ones and those that resort to condoms as contraceptive method (p < 0.001). Conclusions Menstrual pain is a prevalent problem among women of reproductive age and can affect their everyday life and professional environment, requiring work leaves on some occasions.

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“…Women with dysmenorrhea are vulnerable to have higher levels of depression, anxiety, negative selfperception and hostility [12]. Dysmenorrheic women are also prone to reduce productivity, creativity and job performance [13]. Among these complications, depressive disorder is one of the most commonly reported issue in women with dysmenorrhea.…”

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Association of Psychological Distress with Primary Dysmenorrhea among Adolescents Living in West Bengal, India

Pramanik¹,

Pramanik²

2023

AJMAH

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Background: Primary dysmenorrhea, a painful uterine cramp without any pelvic pathology that occur before or during menstruation among reproductive women. Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the psychological distress between adolescent female students with dysmenorrhea and without dysmenorrhea and also to examine relationship between psychological distress and dysmenorrhea. Methods: This is a cross sectional questionnaire based study conducted among 1646 adolescent female having age limit 14-19 years. Only unmarried adolescent females were included in the study however, females with gynecological, psychological or other medical problems were excluded from the study. It used validated and reliable questionnaire such as VAS for pain rating scale and DASS-21 for assessment of depression, anxiety, stress. Then, the descriptive data analysis and chi-square test were used to explore the relationship between psychological distress and dysmenorrhea. t-test was used to compare psychological distress between dysmenorrhea and non-dysmenorrhea. P<0.05 was considered as significant. Results: Mean age of the adolescent female was 15.91+ 1.27 years. Prevalence of dysmenorrhea was 88.94%. Among dysmenorrhea 22.40% was severe, 28.89% was under moderate and 48.71% was under mild dysmenorrhea. There was significant difference of psychological distress indices scores between dysmenorrhea and non-dysmenorrhea (p<0.001). Majority of dysmenorrheic females had severe to extreme severe levels of anxiety, depression and stress in contrast to non-dysmenorrheic females who have mild to moderate level. Significant association was noted between depression, anxiety, mental irritability and mood swing with primary dysmenorrhea (p<0.001). Conclusion: The present study suggested that dysmenorrhea is associated with psychological distress including anxiety, depression, mental irritation and mood swing. Psychological interventions and counselling are important for young women with primary dysmenorrhea to lessen the severity of menstrual pain.

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Menstrual Symptoms, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Work Productivity in Japanese Women with Dysmenorrhea Receiving Different Treatments: Prospective Observational Study

Cited by 14 publications

References 19 publications

The Association between Menstrual Symptoms and Presenteeism: A Cross-Sectional Study for Women Working in Central Tokyo

The Association between Menstrual Symptoms and Presenteeism: A Cross-Sectional Study for Women Working in Central Tokyo

The effect of menstrual pain and symptoms on activities of daily living and on work absenteeism: A cross-sectional study

Association of Psychological Distress with Primary Dysmenorrhea among Adolescents Living in West Bengal, India

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