The effect of cognitive behavioural psycho‐education on premenstrual syndrome and related symptoms

Abstract

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a distressing group of symptoms related to menstrual cycle during reproductive age. Its substantial burden on daily function and quality of life, particularly on mental aspects, was to the impetus for this study with the aim of determining the effectiveness of a psycho-educational package on premenstrual syndrome and related symptoms. In a randomized clinical trial, 123 (17-19-year-old) adolescent girls with PMS were randomized to psycho-educational intervention (including 62 subjects) and control (including 61) groups. The participants completed a demographic questionnaire, premenstrual syndrome symptom daily record scale and the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R). A paired and two independent samples t-test and chi-squared test were used for analysing data using SPSS statistical package. At the end of the study there was statistically significant decrease in severity of total PMS in intervention compared with control group (P < 0.001). Also, a significant difference in somatization, anxiety and hostility was observed between two groups (P < 0.05). However, depression marginally decreased (P < 0.1) in intervention group, and interpersonal sensitivity was not statistically different between intervention and control groups. Intervention alleviated the severity of PMS and related somatization, anxiety and hostility, yet it could not change the severity of depression and interpersonal sensitivity.

Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on Premenstrual Syndrome Through Compliance to Treatment in an Iranian Sample

“…This was consistent with the reports of Taghizadeh et.al. (2013) that observed a significant reduction of the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome, anxiety, anger and physical symptoms of the patients following conducting a cognitive-behavioral training intervention [21]. Davoodi et.al.…”

Stress and Premenstrual Symptoms in Reproductive-Aged Women

“…While the objective of three studies (6%) was to examine the effect of stress on the future development of premenstrual symptoms using a prospective cohort study design (Perkonigg, Yonkers, Pfister, Lieb, & Wittchen, 2004), two (4%) studies examined how exposure to stress resulted in the development of premenstrual symptoms through a retrospective cohort study design (Lustyk et al, 2007). Two (4%) studies were experimental studies that explored the effect of stress-relieving interventions for premenstrual symptoms (Taghizadeh, Shirmohammadi, Feizi, & Arbabi, 2013). Four articles (8%) were designed as secondary analyses to explore the relationship between stress and premenstrual symptoms with other various confounders (Hourani, Yuan, & Bray, 2004).…”

Qualidade De Vida De Adolescentes Que Praticam Atividade Física: Uma Revisão Sistemática

“…Além destes, nos outros artigos foram citados um somatório de fatores, como o nível de escolaridade dos pais, perfil social-econômico-demográfico, o Índice de Massa Corporal -IMC, excesso de peso ou estado de obesidade dos adolescentes (GONZALES et al, 2014), aumento das horas disponibilizadas para o sono e diminuição das destinadas para os estudos em casa (XU et al, 2014), o apoio dos pais para uma vida ativa (NICHOLLS et al, 2014), o autocontrole emocional (TAGHIZADEH et al, 2013) e a organização do tempo para incorporação de hábitos saudáveis (RIISER et al, 2014) como determinantes do nível de QV de adolescentes.…”

“…Já a simples motivação e incentivo para que jovens noruegueses adquirissem o hábito de praticar atividade física foi associada a efeitos benéficos no sistema cardiorrespiratório, na imagem corporal e na QV. Além desses últimos, em adolescentes iranianas também foi percebido melhor controle sobre os incômodos efeitos da Síndrome Pré-Menstrual (TAGHIZADEH et al, 2013;RIISER et al, 2014).…”

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