Woods N F
Department of Parent and Child Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle.
Public Health Rep. 1987 Jul-Aug;102(4 Suppl):106-12.
A collection of over 200 symptoms has been labeled premenstrual syndrome. Common belief is that most women experience a marked increase in symptoms premenses. Cyclic variations in the prevalence of commonly cited perimenstrual symptoms were estimated from daily symptom recording. A community-based, multiethnic sample of 345 women recorded symptom severity from "not present" to "extreme" for 90 days. Maximum total reported symptom score occurred during menses, not during premenses. When individual symptoms are considered, the prevalence of those rated as moderate to extreme during menses is less than 15 percent. A method for identifying symptom severity patterns throughout the menstrual cycle is described. Six symptom severity patterns were identified. Only 13 percent of the women exhibited a pattern of increased symptom severity in the premenses. Another 13 percent had a pattern of decreased symptom severity in the premenses.
超过200种症状被归类为经前综合征。普遍的看法是,大多数女性在经前症状会显著增加。通过每日症状记录,估算了常见围经期症状患病率的周期性变化。一个基于社区的、包含345名多民族女性的样本,记录了90天内从“不存在”到“极度严重”的症状严重程度。报告的症状总评分最高值出现在月经期,而非经前期。当考虑个体症状时,在月经期被评为中度至重度的症状患病率低于15%。本文描述了一种识别整个月经周期症状严重程度模式的方法。确定了六种症状严重程度模式。只有13%的女性表现出经前症状严重程度增加的模式。另有13%的女性表现出经前症状严重程度降低的模式。