Relationship between premenstrual syndrome and sleep quality among nursing and medical students

Abstract

Purpose This study was performed to determine relationship between premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and sleep quality among nursing and medical students. Design and Methods This descriptive, cross‐sectional and correlational study was completed with 313 students attending the nursing department and medical faculty. Data were collected using the premenstrual syndrome scale (PMSS) and Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI). Findings The PSQI was positively correlated with PMSS and its subscales scores. Sleep changes were the strongest predictor, followed by depressive thoughts (p < .01), depressive mood, bloating and total PMSS (p < .05) for sleep quality. Practice Implications Training should be organized about PMS for university students to provide information and skills about managing symptoms, and to increase the awareness about this syndrome. Interventional studies should be planned to increase sleep quality in PMS.

Levels and Factors of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) among Female College Students

“…However, sleep disturbance showed a positive correlation with PMS and was identi ed as the second determinant of PMS. This nding is similar to those of previous studies [44,45] that revealed correlations between PMS, sleep duration, and sleep quality [44,45] and identi ed unsatisfactory sleep quality as a determinant of PMS in female college students [46]. Our results also support the ndings in a previous study that women with PMS had a shorter sleep duration, needed a longer time to fall asleep, and had lower quality of sleep compared with women without PMS [47].…”

Investigation of coping behaviors and premenstrual syndrome among university students

“…The study showed that the mean PMSS score of university students was 140.68 ± 34.69, and the frequency of PMS was 80.5%. The prevalence of PMS among students was found to be 62% by Bakır and Yangın ( 2019 ), 58.1% by Topatan and Kahraman ( 2020 ), 58.1% by Erbil and Yücesoy ( 2021a ), 48.75% by Saglam and Basar ( 2019 ), 55.5% by Celik et al ( 2019 ), and %50.7 by Erbas and Altunbas ( 2021 ), %77.9 by Yüksekol ( 2021 ). Raval et al ( 2016 ) reported 18.4% PMS in students in a study in India.…”

“…In our study, 80.5% of the university students had depressive feelings, 59.5% had anxiety, 83% had fatigue, 82.5% had irritability, 67.5% had depressive thoughts, 74.8% had pain, 71.5% had changes in appetite, 68.9% had changes in sleeping habits, and 70.1% had swelling in the premenstrual period. Erbil and Yücesoy ( 2021a ) used the same PMSS in our study and obtained the data on university students as follows; depressive feeling 62.6%, anxiety 28.4%, fatigue 64.2%, irritability 61.7%, depressive thoughts 39.6%, pain 59.1%, changes in appetite 72.8%, changes in sleeping habits 51.4%, and swelling 61%. Bakır and Kızılkaya Beji ( 2021 ) found 65.5% fatigue, 64.9% irritability, 63.1% changes in appetite, 60.1% depressive feelings, 59.5% pain, 58.0% swelling, 50.5% changes in sleeping habits, 44.7% depressive thoughts, 34.8% anxiety.…”

An Analysis of Personal Indecisiveness and Problem Solving in Women with Premenstrual Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study in Turkey

“…Other studies have also reported complaints such as fatigue, depression, and irritability during PMS (28)(29)(30). It is widely known that these complaints can significantly negative affect students' selfconfidence, social and family relationships, and academic success (31)(32)(33).…”