Premenstrual syndrome in university students: its correlation with their attitudes toward gender roles

Abstract

GRA and sociodemographic characteristics should be considered in healthcare services for PMS.

A potential relation between premenstrual symptoms and subjective perception of health and stress among college students: a cross-sectional study

“…Regardless of severity, the ten symptoms most often occurring among the participants include: skin disorders, irritability, fatigue, mood swings, general aches and pains, lowered school or work performance, backache, painful breasts, weight gain, and swelling. The results of our study agree with those reported in earlier studies, which indicate that regardless of ethnicity, women in their late teens and early twenties frequently experience such premenstrual complications [4, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28]. As to the severity, epidemiological surveys found a certain percentage (7.7–26.6%) of college students suffering from PMDD—a particularly severe form of PMS defined as a distinct premenstrual affective disorder [29, 30].…”

Relationship of premenstrual and menstrual symptoms to alexithymia among nursing students

“…According to the participants’ MSQ mean scores, they had more premenstrual and menstrual pain. Parallel to the current study results, similar findings have been reported in many studies . In the study with nursing students in Taiwan, Chen found that premenstrual symptoms most commonly experienced by students were mood swings, pain, and gastrointestinal disturbances.…”

“…Seven et al 32 and Karout et al 6 found that majority of nursing students were experiencing pain during menstruation. Temel et al 41 in their study with college students found that depressive thoughts, bloating symptoms were prevalent before menstruation. Furthermore, studies investigating the relationship between PMS and depression suggest that PMS may create a predisposal to depression.…”

“…found that majority of nursing students were experiencing pain during menstruation. Temel et al . in their study with college students found that depressive thoughts, bloating symptoms were prevalent before menstruation.…”

“…Parallel to the current study results, similar findings have been reported in many studies. 6,32,37,40,41 In the study with nursing students in Taiwan, Chen 40 found that premenstrual symptoms most commonly experienced by students were mood swings, pain, and gastrointestinal disturbances. Goker et al 37 determined that female medical students' most frequent symptoms were abdom- inal bloating, irritability, and breast tenderness.…”