Baskent University, Turkey.
Sex Reprod Healthc. 2011 Jan;2(1):21-7. doi: 10.1016/j.srhc.2010.10.001. Epub 2010 Oct 15.
The purpose of this research is to analyze the frequency of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) in college students, the factors affecting Premenstrual Syndrome and the effect of Premenstrual Syndrome on life quality.
The research was performed on 316 students who study at Medical Sciences Faculty of Başkent University and accepted to take part in the research. The data of the research was compiled by using "Questionnaire Form", "PMS Rating Scale" and "Life Quality Scale" developed by the researchers. In the analysis of the data; Percentage distribution, Chi-square test, One Way Anova test, Logistic regression, Multi nominal regression analysis were used.
PMS was detected in 72.1% of the students. The most frequent symptoms are mainly low back pain, stress-discomfort, nervous-anger, distention and breast tenderness. PMS was found significantly high in those students who have menstrual irregularity, who have dysmenorrhea, who consume 2 cups of coffee or above per day and who smoke and drink alcohol (p<0.05). When the relation of PMS with life quality was evaluated, it was determined that the life quality decreases as PMS score average increases (p<0.05).
PMS rate is high in college students and this adversely affects the life quality. It was revealed that the preventive, instructive and consultancy roles of the medical staff became more of an issue in reducing the effect of the factors causing and/or aggravating these symptoms in order to decrease PMS incidence and to improve the life quality of the students.
本研究旨在分析大学生经前期综合征（PMS）的发生频率、影响 PMS 的因素以及 PMS 对生活质量的影响。
该研究在巴什肯特大学医学科学学院的 316 名学生中进行，他们同意参与研究。研究数据通过研究者开发的“问卷表”、“PMS 评分量表”和“生活质量量表”进行编制。在数据分析中，使用了百分比分布、卡方检验、单因素方差分析、逻辑回归、多项回归分析。
在 72.1%的学生中发现了 PMS。最常见的症状主要是下腰痛、紧张不适、紧张易怒、腹胀和乳房触痛。月经不规律、痛经、每天饮用 2 杯以上咖啡、吸烟和饮酒的学生中 PMS 发生率显著较高（p<0.05）。当评估 PMS 与生活质量的关系时，发现随着 PMS 评分平均值的增加，生活质量下降（p<0.05）。
大学生中 PMS 发生率较高，这对生活质量有不利影响。研究表明，为了降低导致和/或加重这些症状的因素的影响，减少 PMS 的发生，提高学生的生活质量，医务人员的预防、教育和咨询作用变得更加重要。
