Fulfillment of the premenstrual dysphoric disorder criteria confirmed using a self-rating questionnaire among Japanese women with depressive disorders

Abstract

BackgroundSome women with depressive disorders experience severe premenstrual symptoms. However, there have been few studies in which premenstrual symptoms in women suffering from depressive disorders were assessed. In this study, we aimed to investigate premenstrual symptoms in women with depressive disorders using the premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) scale.MethodsWe administered questionnaires to 65 Japanese female outpatients who had been diagnosed with a major depressive disorder or dysthymic disorder and to 303 healthy women as control subjects. The questionnaire consisted of items on demographics and the PMDD scale, which was modified from the premenstrual symptoms screening tool (PSST) developed by Steiner et al. (Arch Womens Ment Health 2003, 6:203-209).ResultsTwenty-eight women (43.1%) with depressive disorder fulfilled certain items of the PMDD scale. These women are considered to have coexisting PMDD and a depressive disorder, or to have premenstrual exacerbation (PME) of a depressive disorder. On the other hand, 18 women (5.9%) in the control group were diagnosed as having PMDD. The depressive disorder group who fulfilled the PMDD criteria had more knowledge of the term premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and took more actions to attenuate premenstrual symptoms than the control group with PMDD.ConclusionsOur findings demonstrated that the occurrence of severe premenstrual symptoms is much higher in women with depressive disorders than in healthy subjects. This is partially due to this group containing women with PME, but mainly due to it containing women with PMDD. The higher percentage of PMDD suggests similarity between PMDD and other depressive disorders. Furthermore, educating healthy Japanese women and women with depressive disorders about premenstrual symptoms and evidence-based treatment for them is necessary.

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder among Assosa Techinical Vocational Education School Students, Assosa, Ethiopia

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“…All students had experience of menstruating at mean age of 13.66 (± 1.5) years (10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23). The majority 326 (72.8%) had regular menstrual cycle while 193 (37.2%) had irregular menstrual cycles.…”

Premenstrual Syndrome and Work Among Female Academic Teaching Staff in Agovernmental Faculty of Medicine in Egypt

“…Part two asked about the effect of premenstrual symptoms on work and social life. Participants were asked to indicate ('yes' or 'no') whether a premenstrual symptoms interfere with housework, relationships with co-workers, family members, friends and acquaintances, part one and two were adapted from other similar studies (Miyaoka et al, 2011;Hamaideh et al, 2014;Hammam et al, 2012). Finally, participants are asked to respond ('yes' with score =1 or 'no' with score= 0) as to whether premenstrual symptoms "psychological, behavioural, physical" affect their work capacity, their ability to cope at work and whether they felt their employed work make their symptoms worse and then total score ranging from (0 to 20, the total number of symptoms that could affect these variables) was calculated for each variable according to the positive answers they report.…”

Development of a Japanese Version of the Daily Record of Severity of Problems for Diagnosing Premenstrual Syndrome

“…Previous studies have confirmed the validity and reliability of the Japanese PMDD scale. 21,22 The NRS used in this study was an 11-point scale used to assess general health status on the day the scale was completed, from 0 (the worst of your life) to 10 (the best of your life).…”