Abstract
Background :Symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) are common in young college students. But factors associated with severity of PMS in them is lacking. Objective: To study the effect of migration from home - town to a distant place on severity of PMS symptoms in residents of ladies hostels. Methods:100 recent inmates of ladies hostels were study subjects. 100 age matched inmates of ladies hostels who were residing there for more than one year were controls. This was a questionnaire based study in which participants self-reported on PMS symptoms. Study group self-reported on symptoms at home and variation in severity of these symptoms immediately after started to reside in the hostels. Control group reported on severity of symptoms on two consecutive months while residing in the hostels. Each of the symptoms were assigned scores based on the severity (1= mild; 2=moderate; 3=severe). Total scores of all the symptoms for each subject were done under two major categories namely physical and psychological. Result: In the study group the total score of physical and psychological symptoms of PMS were significantly higher while residing in the hostel compared to living at home ( 10.48
Highlights
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is used to describe physical, cognitive, affective, and behavioral symptoms that occur cyclically during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle and resolve quickly at or within a few days of the onset of menstruation[1]
The height, weight, duration of menstrual cycle and duration of menstruation of study group was comparable with control group (5.26± 0. 28, 5.21 ± 0.22; 53.54 ± 8.31, 53.95 ± 8.41; 30.53 ± 6.33, 30.87 ± 6.36; 4.73 ± 1.18, 4.8 ± 1.16 respectively).In the study group the total score of physical and psychological symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) were significantly higher at hostel compared to at home (10.48 ± 8.32 vs. 13.31 ± 7.97, p < 0.0001; 5.59 ± 4.37 vs. 7.59 ± 4.49, p< 0.0001 respectively).Data on comparison of severity score of physical symptoms between study and control group is presented in table 1
In the present study we investigated the acute effect of change of place on premenstrual symptoms in young college ladies hostel students
Summary
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is used to describe physical, cognitive, affective, and behavioral symptoms that occur cyclically during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle and resolve quickly at or within a few days of the onset of menstruation[1]. We studied the effect of migration from home - town to a distant place on severity of PMS symptoms in recent residents of college ladies hostels. Objective: To study the effect of migration from home - town to a distant place on severity of PMS symptoms in residents of ladies hostels. 100 age matched inmates of ladies hostels who were residing there for more than one year were controls This was a questionnaire based study in which participants self-reported on PMS symptoms. Result: In the study group the total score of physical and psychological symptoms of PMS were significantly higher while residing in the hostel compared to living at home ( 10.48 ± 8.32 vs 13.31 ± 7.97, p
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