Yesildere Saglam Havva, Mizrak Sahin Berrak
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kütahya Health Sciences University, Kütahya, Türkiye.
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bilecik Seyh Edebali University, Bilecik, Türkiye.
J Eval Clin Pract. 2025 Jun;31(4):e14177. doi: 10.1111/jep.14177. Epub 2024 Oct 21.
Climate change is thought to have possible effects on changes in the menstruation process, which covers an important period of time in women's lives. Our study aimed to determine the impact of climate change anxiety on premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in women of reproductive age.
This is a cross-sectional study. The research was conducted online using various digital platforms between December 2023 and February 2024. This study was conducted on 456 women of reproductive age. The Personal Information Form, PMS Scale and Eco-Anxiety Scale were used for the data collection. The level of statistical significance was set at p < 0.05.
The prevalence of PMS was 44.7%. The average score for the Eco-Anxiety Scale was 27.28 ± 6.44. A significant majority of participants (81.4%) stated that climate change would affect women's health, and 81.1% thought that they were affected by climate change. The Eco-Anxiety Scale scores were higher in women with PMS (p < 0.05). The results of the binary logistic regression analysis showed that being affected by climate change (odds ratio [OR] = 2.109, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.045-4.259, p = 0.035), age at menarche (OR = 1.249, 95% Cl = 1.073-1.453, p = 0.004) and Eco-Anxiety Scale scores were significant predictors of PMS (OR = 0.828, 95% Cl = 0.791-0.867, p < 0.001).
The results of our study showed that women with PMS had higher Eco-Anxiety Scale scores. Given the global effects of climate change, it is important to investigate its effects as a risk factor for the emergence of PMS. Furthermore, women's healthcare providers play an important and beneficial role in adapting to a changing climate; these efforts will have long-term impacts.
气候变化被认为可能对月经过程的变化产生影响，而月经过程在女性生活中占据重要时期。我们的研究旨在确定气候变化焦虑对育龄期女性经前综合征（PMS）的影响。
这是一项横断面研究。研究于2023年12月至2024年2月期间通过各种数字平台在线进行。本研究对456名育龄期女性进行。使用个人信息表、PMS量表和生态焦虑量表进行数据收集。统计学显著性水平设定为p < 0.05。
PMS的患病率为44.7%。生态焦虑量表的平均得分为27.28 ± 6.44。绝大多数参与者（81.4%）表示气候变化会影响女性健康，81.1%认为自己受到气候变化的影响。PMS女性的生态焦虑量表得分更高（p < 0.05）。二元逻辑回归分析结果显示，受到气候变化影响（比值比[OR] = 2.109，95%置信区间[CI] = 1.045 - 4.259，p = 0.035）、初潮年龄（OR = 1.249，95% CI = 1.073 - 1.453，p = 0.004）和生态焦虑量表得分是PMS的显著预测因素（OR = 0.828，95% CI = 0.791 - 0.867，p < 0.001）。
我们的研究结果表明，患有PMS的女性生态焦虑量表得分更高。鉴于气候变化的全球影响，将其作为PMS出现的风险因素来研究其影响很重要。此外，女性医疗保健提供者在适应气候变化方面发挥着重要且有益的作用；这些努力将产生长期影响。
