The effectiveness of dietary modifications on premenstrual syndrome /
Sarah Mohamed Nader Mohamed Abuelfoutouh
The effectiveness of dietary modifications on premenstrual syndrome / تاثير التعديلات الغذائية على متلازمة ما قبل الحيض Sarah Mohamed Nader Mohamed Abuelfoutouh ; Supervised Nagwa Eid Sobhy Saad , Gamal Gamal Eldin Youssef , Ghada Mahmoud Khafagi - Cairo : Sarah Mohamed Nader Mohamed Abuelfoutouh , 2015 - 134 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Family Medicine
Background: Studies showed that up to 90% of women experience some premenstrual symptomatology, with 3-8% having symptoms severe to disrupt everyday life and/or interpersonal relationships Objective: A prospective interventional controlled study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of dietary modifications on PMS and to determine the relation between the various studied variables and the severity of the different PMS symptoms.Results: The intervention group showed a statistically significant improvement in the affective, somatic and others groups of PMS symptoms after applying the dietary modifications. A statistically significant relation was found between the severity of the PMS symptoms and the age of females, the number of menstruating days/cycle, menstruating years, deliveries, the marital status, the presence of female family members with PMS specially sisters, daily meals, daily cups of water and daily servings from the bread and cereals group. Conclusion: Dietary modification is an effective method in reducing the severity of the various PMS symptoms and thus it could be used safely as the first line of management of PMS
Diet Dietary modification Premenstrual syndrome
The effectiveness of dietary modifications on premenstrual syndrome / تاثير التعديلات الغذائية على متلازمة ما قبل الحيض Sarah Mohamed Nader Mohamed Abuelfoutouh ; Supervised Nagwa Eid Sobhy Saad , Gamal Gamal Eldin Youssef , Ghada Mahmoud Khafagi - Cairo : Sarah Mohamed Nader Mohamed Abuelfoutouh , 2015 - 134 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Family Medicine
Background: Studies showed that up to 90% of women experience some premenstrual symptomatology, with 3-8% having symptoms severe to disrupt everyday life and/or interpersonal relationships Objective: A prospective interventional controlled study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of dietary modifications on PMS and to determine the relation between the various studied variables and the severity of the different PMS symptoms.Results: The intervention group showed a statistically significant improvement in the affective, somatic and others groups of PMS symptoms after applying the dietary modifications. A statistically significant relation was found between the severity of the PMS symptoms and the age of females, the number of menstruating days/cycle, menstruating years, deliveries, the marital status, the presence of female family members with PMS specially sisters, daily meals, daily cups of water and daily servings from the bread and cereals group. Conclusion: Dietary modification is an effective method in reducing the severity of the various PMS symptoms and thus it could be used safely as the first line of management of PMS
Diet Dietary modification Premenstrual syndrome