Prevalence of PMS in Adolescent Girls of 18 to 26 Age Group Jain Hetal1, Parekh Avani2 1Lecturer, Ashok & Rita Patel Institute of Physiotherapy, Charusat, Changa, Anand, Gujarat 2BPT, Ashok & Rita Patel Institute of Physiotherapy, Charusat, Changa, Anand, Gujarat Online published on 28 September, 2015. Abstract Background and Purpose Premenstrual syndrome refers to distressing physical, psychological and behavioral symptoms not caused by organic disease, which regularly occur during the same phase of menstrual cycle and significantly regress or disappears during the remainder of the cycle. Objective To investigate the prevalence of premenstrual syndrome among the girls between 18 to 26 year age group. Method A cross sectional study was carried out in 2013–14 among female students of university, aged 18–26 year. Over all 500 participants were asked to fill up the Premenstrual Syndrome Screening Tool. Results From 500 students, who participated in this study 83.40% have mild to moderate, 14% have moderate to severe and 2.60% have severe symptoms of PMS. Most common symptoms were feeling of fatigue (61.05%), decrease interest in work, social activity and home activity (59%, 57.1%, 56%), physical symptoms which include breast tenderness, headaches, joint/muscle pain, bloating and weight gain (55.5%). Severity of symptoms was significantly higher for the younger women (18–20 year) compared to the older women (21–23, 24–26 years). Conclusion Prevalence of premenstrual syndrome in focus group of university students was found to be low but comparable to the result reported from the studies done in other countries. Top Keywords Prevalence, Premenstrual syndrome, Premenstrual Dysphoric disorder, premenstrual symptoms screening tool. Top |