Evidence against multiple premenstrual syndromes: results of a multivariate profile analysis of premenstrual symptomatology

Exercise is linked to reductions in anxiety but not premenstrual syndrome in women with prospectively-assessed symptoms

“…This was reflected in the report of Gise et al (1990) that only 37% of their sample were compliant in filling out daily assessments over a two-month period. Thus, as suggested by Jorgensen et al (1993), it could be that the motivated, adherent subjects who persist in keeping daily records are not representative of the larger community of women. Finally, daily assessment procedures can be overly time consuming (van der Ploeg & Lodder, 1993) and, can lead to restrictions on the number of symptoms sampled (Yuk et al, 1990).…”

Couples and premenstrual syndrome: Partners as moderators of symptoms?

“…Futterman et al (1988) found that severity of symptoms was "a matter of degree rather than type" in a sample of 878 generally recruited women (p. 19). In a similar study of 1,305 university women, investigators found that symptom-severity profiles of 10 symptoms increased continuously as a function of a total PMS score (Jorgenson, Rossignol, & Bonnlander, 1993). Sanders, Warner, Backmom, and Aancroft (1983) examined daily ratings from three groups of women (n = 55): participants seen in clinic with PMS symptoms (clinic PMS+), participants not seen in clinic with PMS symptoms (non-clinic PMS+), and participants not seen in clinic without PMS symptoms (nonclinic PMS-).…”