Frequency, intensity and impact of premenstrual syndrome in medical students

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 481-484

  Nisar, Nusrat ^a,c   Zehra, Nishat ^a   Haider, Gulfareen ^a   Munir, Aftab Afroz ^a   Sohoo, Nisar Ahmed ^b  

^a ISRA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b Sir CJ Institute of Psychiatry   (Pakistan)

^c NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Frequency; Impact; Intensity; Menstrual syndrome; Young girls

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST TENDERNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MOOD CHANGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL DISABILITY; STUDENT T TEST; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 54349114274     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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