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.