METHODS
This study is a cross-sectional study and it was conducted between July and December 2018 at the Family Medicine outpatient clinic of an university hospital.
A total of 286 young female patients (18-23 years), 86 diagnosed as premenstrual syndrome -the PMS group , and 200 age and body mass index (BMI) matched healthy female without PMS -the control group , were collected to the study. PMS diagnosis was made by Premenstrual Syndrome Scale (PMSS); It is a 44-items lykert-type scale consisting of 9 subgroups. The scores received range from 44 to 220. As the score increases, PMS symptoms are considered to be increased. In our study, 102 was used as the cut-off score (9).
Participants with any chronic disease, chronic medication drug use and psychiatric disease and pregnancy were not included in the study.
A self-administered questionnaire including demographic characteristics, cycle characteristics (age at menarche, duration, volume, regularity, need for analgesic drug, traditional method use, etc.), habits (smoking, alcohol use), presence of sportive activity (≥3 day per week) were applied to the participants for data collection.
Depression was evaluated using the 21-item Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-21) that measures the severity of depression. The scores given to the questions vary between 0 and 3. According to the answers given to the questionnaire, a total of 17-20 points are mild depression, 21-30 points are moderate depression, and 30 points or more are considered severe depression. People who score more than 17 are accepted depression (10).
Type D personality was evaluated using the DS-14 scale. The questionnaire consists of 14 questions evaluating 2 subscales (NA and SI) with 7 items. The answers given to each item are between 0 and 4 and the highest score is 28. Persons who scored ≥10 on NA and SI subscales were considered as Type D personalities.