Global study of women's experiences of premenstrual symptoms and their effects on daily life

Menopause International

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 88-95

  Dennerstein, Lorraine ^a   Lehert, Philippe ^b   Heinemann, Klaas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Louvain Academy   (Belgium)

^c Berlin Center for Epidemiology and Health Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Premenstrual symptoms; Premenstrual syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACKACHE; BLOATING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUNGARY; IRRITABILITY; ITALY; JAPAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTALGIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MEXICO; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYALGIA; PAKISTAN; PARITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SPAIN; THAILAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; IRRITABLE MOOD; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052715618     PISSN: 13621807     EISSN: 17404568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/mi.2011.011027     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Premenstrual Syndrome: Clinical Management Guidelines for Obstetricians-gynecologists. ACOG practice bulletin no. 15. Washington, DC: ACOG, 2000
2. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-IV-TR). 4th edn (text rev.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 1994;715-18
3. Halbreich U, Borenstein J, Pearlstein T, Kahn LS. The prevalence, impairment, impact, and burden of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMS/PMDD). Psychoneuroendocrinology 2003;28(Suppl. 3):1-23 (Pubitemid 39658675)
4. Wittchen HU, Becker E, Lieb R, Krause P. Prevalence, incidence and stability of premenstrual dysphoric disorder in the community. Psychol Med 2002;32:119-32 (Pubitemid 33150508)
5. Freeman EW. Premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder: definitions and diagnosis. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2003;28(Suppl. 3):25-37 (Pubitemid 39658676)
6. Johnson SR. Premenstrual syndrome, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and beyond: a clinical primer for practitioners. Obstet Gynecol 2004;104:845-59 (Pubitemid 40458816)
7. World Health Organization. The ICD-10 Classification of Mental, Behavioural and Developmental Disorders. 10threv. Geneva: WHO, 1987
8. Dennerstein L, Lehert P, Bäckström TC, Heinemann K. Premenstrual symptoms - severity, duration and typology: an international cross-sectional study. Menopause Int 2009;15:120-6
9. Dennerstein L, Lehert P, Bäckström TC, Heinemann K. The effect of premenstrual symptoms on activities of daily life. Fertil Steril 2010;94:1059-64
10. Dennerstein L, Lehert P, Keung LS, Pal S, Choi D. A population based survey of Asian Women's experience of premenstrual symptoms. Menopause Int 2010;16:139-45
11. Dennerstein L, Lehert P, Keung LS, Pal S, Choi D. Asian study of effects of premenstrual symptoms on activities of daily life. Menopause Int 2010;16:146-51
12. Choi D, Lee DY, Lehert P, Lee IS, Kim SH, Dennerstein L. The impact of premenstrual symptoms on activities of daily life in Korean women. J Psychosomatic Obstet Gynecol 2010;31:10-15
13. Chambers JM Software for Data Analysis: Programming with R. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2008
14. Cunningham J, Yonkers KA, O'Brien S, Eriksson E. Update on research and treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Harv Rev Psychiatry 2009;17:120-37
15. Saraç F, Oztekin K, Celebi G. Early menopause association with employment, smoking, divorced marital status and low leptin levels. Gynecol Endocrinol 2011;27:273-80
16. Fleming LE, Levis S, LeBlanc WG, et al. Earlier age at menopause, work, and tobacco smoke exposure. Menopause 2008;15(6):1103-8
17. Lee A, Wei R, Chung K, et al. Premenstrual symptoms among Chinese female undergraduates: relationship with stress and mental health. HKJGOM 2005;5:10-21
18. Thu M, Diaz EO, Sawhsarkarkapaw. Premenstrual syndrome among female university students in Thailand. But AUJT 2006;9:158-162
19. Nisar N, Zehra N, Haider G, Munir AA, Sohoo NA. Frequency, intensity and impact of premenstrual syndrome in medical students. J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2008;18:481-4
20. Rubinow DR, Hoban MC, Grover GG, et al. The relationship between menstrually-related mood changes and major depressive disorders. Int J Neuroscience 1986;31:48
21. Marvan ML, Cortes-Iniestra S. Women's beliefs about the prevalence of premenstrual syndrome and biases in recall of premenstrual changes. Health Psycho 2001;20:276-80 (Pubitemid 32738612)
22. Steiner M, Streiner DL. Validation of a revised visual analog scale for premenstrual mood symptoms: results from prospective and retrospective trials. Can J Psychiatry 2005;50:327-32 (Pubitemid 43175512)
23. Rapkin AJ, Chang LC, Reading AE. Comparison of retrospective and prospective assessment of premenstrual symptoms. Psychol Rep 1988;62:55-60 (Pubitemid 18080974)
24. Sternfeld B, Swindle R, Chawla A, Long S, Kennedy S. Severity of premenstrual symptoms in a health maintenance organization population. Obstet Gynecol 2002;99:1014-24 (Pubitemid 34621224)
25. Sveinsdóttir H, Bäckström T. Prevalence of menstrual cycle symptom cyclicity and premenstrual dysphoric disorder in a random sample of women using and not using oral contraceptives. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2000;79:405-13