Health related quality of life among adolescents with premenstrual disorders: a cross sectional study

Abstract

BackgroundPremenstrual disorders usually refer to premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). This study was designed to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a sample of Iranian adolescents with premenstrual disorders.MethodsThis was a cross sectional study. A sample of adolescent schoolgirls aged between 14 and 19 years were included in the study. Premenstrual disorders were indicated according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). Health-related quality of life was measured using the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). The data were analyzed in a descriptive fashion and were compared among subgroups of the study sample.ResultsIn all 602 female students were studied. All students reported at least one premenstrual symptom. Of these, 224 (37.2%) met the diagnostic criteria for premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). Comparing the SF-36 scores between female students with and without PMDD, it was found that there were significant differences between these two groups in all measures (P < 0.001) except for physical functioning (P = 0.274). These differences were more evident on role emotional, role physical, social functioning and bodily pain.ConclusionThe study findings affirm the fact that adolescents with premenstrual disorders suffer from poor health-related quality of life. In order to improve quality of life in female adolescents appropriate support should be provided for this population especially for those who suffer from more severe premenstrual disorders.

Quality of Life Among Girls with or Without Clinically Significant Premenstrual Syndrome

“…Delara M et al [16] had reported too much lower quality of life score among their subjects who suffered from moderate to severe PMS than the current study. Otherwise, in the current study more than one tenth (12.0%) of CSPMS group had poor quality of life compared to more than half (52.0%) in Delara et al's study.…”

“…Third,Delara M et al (2012) [16] had conducted a study about health related quality of life among adolescents with premenstrual disorders in Sabzevar city /Iran. They reported that PMS severely affect health related quality of life score where more than one-half among their participants had poor quality of life.…”

Health-related quality of life of patients with asthma: a cross-sectional study in Semnan, Islamic Republic of Iran

“…As expected, the mean score of the asthma group was significantly lower than that of the general Iranian adult population (15). Patients with asthma have also been reported to have lower General Health but higher Emotional Role scores compared with pregnant women experiencing domestic violence (20), lower Physical Functioning, Physical Role, General Health and Mental Health scores than adolescents with premenstrual disorder (21), lower scores in Emotional Role, Physical Role and Physical Functioning compared with patients with diabetes (22), and lower scores in all subdomains except General Health than patients with thalassemia major (23).…”

Role of Contraception in Improving Women´s Quality of Life Associated With PMS and Other Menstrual Disorders

“…Наше исследование показало статистически значимое снижение значений КЖ по шкале SF-36 по большинству позиций, а именно: роль физических про-блем в ограничении жизнедеятельности, физическая боль, социальная активность, роль эмоциональных проблем в ограничении жизнедеятельности, психическое здоровье. Аналогичные данные были получены в исследовании Delara M. et al среди 606 студенток с тяжелой формой ПМС, при этом у них не было снижения физической актив-ности и общего восприятия здоровья [28]. В работе Matsumoto Y. et al [29] динамика оценок КЖ продемонстрировала значительное улучшение при дис-менорее, и особенно социальной активности, при нерегу-лярном цикле -социальной активности и общего вос-приятия здоровья, при акне -тех же показателей и физической активности и практически всех показателей при ПМС.…”

“…Такие его нарушения, как предменструальный синдром (ПМС) [5], дисменорея [6], гиперменструальный сидром и нерегулярные менструа-ции [7,8], а также акне [9], существенно снижают КЖ женщины.…”