Pre menstrual syndrome and health related quality of life among young adult females at Northern India: A cross-sectonal study Priyanka Malhotra * , Suresh Kumar Sharma, Ravinder Kaur, Urvashi, Vanshika, Rakhi Gaur and Shiv K Mudgal College of Nursing, All India Insttute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Utrakhand, India *Corresponding author: Priyanka Malhotra, College of Nursing, All India Insttute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Utrakhand, India, Tel: 084750 00743; E-mail: priyanka.malhotra23@yahoo.com.au Received date: December 11, 2019; Accepted date: January 22, 2020; Published date: January 29, 2020 Citaton: Malhotra P, Sharma SK, Kaur R, Urvashi,Vanshika, Gaur R,Mugdal SK (2019) Pre menstrual syndrome and health related quality of life among young adult females at Northern India: A cross-sectonal study. Clin Psychiatry Vol.6 No.1:65. Abstract Introducton: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a cyclic recurrence of distressing somatc and afectve symptoms in the luteal phase of menstrual cycle; which may afect the quality of life. However, there is paucity of data related PMS its impact on quality life among young student nurses. Methods: This cross-sectonal analytcal study was undertaken to assess the PMS and its impact on health- related quality of life among randomly selected 235 young student nurses studying in insttute of natonal importance in Utarakhand, India. Data was collected though administraton of pre-validated self-structured questonnaires. Results: It was found that mean age of subjects was 21±1.7. Twenty-one percent partcipants reported very sever PMS symptoms, followed by 27% sever, 3% moderate and 17% mild level PMS symptoms. Further, majority of partcipants (80%) reported excellent-to-very good quality of life, followed by good (17%) and very few (3%) reported poor quality of life. PMS had moderately negatve impact on health-related quality of life among partcipants (r= -0.63). Conclusion: Premenstrual symptoms are common among young student nurses; which had moderately negatve impact on their health related quality of life. Therefore, regular consultaton and lifestyle modifcaton must be advised to them to have beter health-related quality of life. Keywords: Premenstrual syndrome; Health related quality of life; Young student nurses Introducton Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a cyclic phenomenon of physical and psychological symptoms appearing in the days preceding menstrual cycle and interfering with women’s work or lifestyle followed by a symptom-free interval [1]. Premenstrual tension is the lay term which is used for premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) that is mainly psychological. The main symptoms of PMS and PMDD are: anxiety, mood disorders, aches, cramps, anger, nutritonal imbalance and impairment in actvites of daily living [2]. These symptoms fall into three domains: emotonal, physical, and behavioral. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) defned PMS as “a clinical conditon characterized by the cyclic presence of physical and emotonal symptoms unrelated to any organic disease that appear during the 5 days before menses in each of the three prior menstrual cycles and disappear within 4 days of the onset of menses, without recurrence untl at least cycle day” [3]. The prevalence of PMS among adolescents’ ranges from 8% to 53%, depending on the populaton studied and diagnostc criteria used. For example, prevalence rates of PMS were 8% reported in a US populaton based study and a Swiss study reported that women experiences PMS and PMDD were 10% and 3% respectvely. While prevalence rates of PMS and PMDD were 53% and 1.2%, respectvely reported in a Japanese study [3]. Previous Indian studies have reported the prevalence of PMS among college students varies from 18.4% to 37% [4]. Women with PMS are more prone to have impairment in physical functoning and psychological health which lead to signifcantly lower quality of life, increased absentee rates from work, decreased occupatonal productvity, impaired social and interpersonal relatonships and more incessant visits to hospital [3]. A study carried out to assess the quality of life among adolescents who experienced and do not experienced PMDD. It was reported that physical role score was 74 and 52 among girls who do not experience PMDD and experienced PMDD respectvely and the emotonal score in adolescents who do not experience PMDD was 70 while who experienced PMDD score was 44.7 [5-6]. PMS is associated with high Research Article iMedPub Journals www.imedpub.com Clinical Psychiatry ISSN 2471-9854 Vol.6 No.1:65 2020 © Copyright iMedPub | This article is available from: 10.36648/2471-9854.6.1.65 1