RT - Journal Article T1 - The prevalence of Premenstrual Syndrome among the students of Teacher Training University in Iran JF - jsci YR - 2006 JO - jsci VO - 18 IS - 56 UR - http://jsci.khu.ac.ir/article-1-1179-en.html SP - 559 EP - 568 K1 - Premenstrual Syndrome K1 - PMS K1 - Prevalence K1 - premenstrual dysphoric disorder K1 - PMDD K1 - Iran K1 - University s students AB - Premenstrual syndrome is a common cyclic problem among the young and middle -aged women which occurs in the luteal phase of the mestrual cycle. It is characterized by a combination of distressing physical, psychological and behavioral symptoms. The prevalence and frequency of syndrome (PMS) was assessed in all students living in an undergraduate female dormitory of Teacher Training University. The results of this study showed that among 326 nuliparous students, 98.2% of them regularly experienced symptoms consistent with PMS. The 4 most common symptoms were abdominal pain, backache, depression and anger. In this study the most disagreeable symptoms were abdominal ache (29.1%), backache (21.6%), anger(9.7%) , anxiety( 9%), and social withdrawal (8/80%) . There was an association between the city of origin and some of the symptoms such as: depression and acne in north of Iran and abdominal ache and back pain in east of Iran. About 43% of students had familial history of PMS and 51% of them took drug for decreasing their symptoms. A severe form of Premenstrual syndrome is premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), which its prevalence among the university students was 16.9% . LA eng UL http://jsci.khu.ac.ir/article-1-1179-en.html M3 ER -