© 2022. Adriana Orcesi Pedro, Samantha Belamarques de Oliveira Silva, Maura Gonzaga Lapa, Juliana Dineia Perez Brandao & Vivienne Carduz Castilho. This research/review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc- nd/4.0/. Is There a Regional Difference in Symptoms Perception Associated with Pre-Menstrual Syndrome? Results from a National Study among Reproductive-Age Women in Brazil By Adriana Orcesi Pedro, Samantha Belamarques de Oliveira Silva, Maura Gonzaga Lapa, Juliana Dineia Perez Brandao & Vivienne Carduz Castilho Universidade Estadual de Campinas Keywords: premenstrual syndrome, Brazilian women, regional study, premenstrual severity symptoms, premenstrual prevalence symptoms. IsThereaRegionalDifferenceinSymptomsPerceptionAssociatedwithPreMenstrualSyndromeResultsfromaNationalStudyamongReproductiveAgeWomeninBrazil Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: Abstract- Background: Evaluate the prevalence, intensity and regional distribution of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) symptoms reported by reproductive age Brazilian women. Methods: An observational and retrospective study was conducted analyzing data of women from the five Brazilian regions. Women aged 20 to 49 years who consulted at private healthcare services filled up a self-reported questionnaire about the prevalence and intensity of somatic and psychoemotional pre-menstrual symptoms. Results: A total of 23104 women stated to have premenstrual symptoms, of which 38.91% (n=8990) reported that these symptoms cause functional impairment. GJMR-E Classification: NLM Code: WP 570, UDC: 618.177.31(81) Volume 22 Issue 3 Version 1.0 Year 2022 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: & Print ISSN: DOI: https://doi.org/10.34257/GJMREVOL22IS3PG1