Abstract
Background: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)is a group of psychological and somatic symptoms related to menstrual cycle amongyoung and middle-aged women. These symptoms occur during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. Aim of the study: Toexplore reproductive and demographic predictors that might affect premenstrual syndrome severity among University Students Design: a cross sectional descriptive research design was utilized for the current study. Setting: The study was conducted at Banha University. Sample: A purposive sample of 250students were included Three tools were used to collect data; (1) Self-administered structured questionnaire sheet, (2) visual analogue scale, and (3) premenstrual symptomatology tool. Results: The study findings reveal that type of collage, mother’s levels of education, family history of PMS, menstrual cycle intervals were the important predictors that might affect severity of PMS (P=< 0.05, 0.02, <0.05 & 0.043 respectively. Also, the results indicated that, menstrual irregularities, BMI and duration of menstrual flow were not statistically significant in relation to severity of PMS (P = 0.14, 0.45 & 0.08 respectively).
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