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Relationship between premenstrual symptoms and dysmenorrhea in Japanese high school students

Authors: Mari Kitamura, Takashi Takeda, Shoko Koga, Satoru Nagase, Nobuo Yaegashi

Published in: Archives of Women's Mental Health | Issue 2/2012

Abstract

To determine the relationship between premenstrual symptoms and dysmenorrhea among Japanese adolescent girls, a total of 1,431 high school students were assessed. Of them, 11.3% were classified with “moderate to severe premenstrual syndrome (PMS)” and 3.2% with “premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).” Eighty-five percent of the girls had dysmenorrhea. The rates of prevalence of PMDD and moderate to severe PMS were increased according to the severity of dysmenorrhea (rs = 0.479), showing a correlation between the severity of PMS/PMDD and dysmenorrhea in adolescents.

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Title: Relationship between premenstrual symptoms and dysmenorrhea in Japanese high school students
Authors: Mari Kitamura
Takashi Takeda
Shoko Koga
Satoru Nagase
Nobuo Yaegashi
Publication date: 01-04-2012
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Archives of Women's Mental Health / Issue 2/2012
Print ISSN: 1434-1816
Electronic ISSN: 1435-1102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-012-0266-2

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