Warner P, Bancroft J
MRC Reproductive Biology Unit, Edinburgh.
Br J Psychiatry. 1990 Aug;157:249-60. doi: 10.1192/bjp.157.2.249.
Menstrual health questionnaires were completed by a self-selected sample of the readership of a woman's magazine (n = 5457). Sixty-one per cent of subjects described themselves as suffering from pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) and this was largely corroborated by ratings of symptoms pre-menstrually, menstrually and post-menstrually for the most recent cycle. Mood symptoms were more strongly implicated than physical ones. Self-report of PMS was found to be modestly associated with aspects of parity and oral contraceptive use, but strongly and positively related to the duration of 'natural' menstrual cycles (i.e. uninterrupted by pregnancy or steroidal contraception) and to psychosocial stress. There were interactions among psychosocial factors and between psychosocial load and duration of natural cycles.
一份女性杂志的读者自行选取样本（n = 5457）完成了月经健康问卷。61%的受试者称自己患有经前综合征（PMS），这在很大程度上得到了最近一个周期经前、经期和经后症状评分的证实。情绪症状比身体症状的关联更强。研究发现，PMS的自我报告与生育状况和口服避孕药使用情况存在适度关联，但与“自然”月经周期的时长（即未因怀孕或甾体类避孕药而中断）以及心理社会压力呈强烈正相关。心理社会因素之间以及心理社会负荷与自然周期时长之间存在相互作用。
