A Two-stage Translation of the Chinese Version Menstrual Distress Questionnaire

Launched by CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL · Jun 28, 2020

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ClinConnect Summary

Premenstrual syndrome is defined as recurrent moderate physical, psychological, behavior symptoms that occur during the luteal phase of menses and resolve with menstruation. It affects 20 to 32 percent of premenopausal women.

A diagnosis of PMS consists of determining the timing of the symptoms in relation to menses, meaningful change between post- and premenstrual symptom severity, and a clinically significant severity of the symptoms. The ICD-10 requires only one distressing symptom for a diagnosis of PMS. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) diagnosis is that i...

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. A eumenorrheic healthy woman with a regular menstrual cycle for three months, predictable, and a period between 24-38 days that lasts less than 8 days.
• • 2. No hormonal contraceptives have been used in the past six months.
• • 3. No history of smoking, drinking or drug abuse.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Women with systemic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, liver diseases, kidney diseases, diabetes or thyroid diseases.
• • 2. Taking any medicine due to chronic disease
• • 3. Women with mental illness