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2376844

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-9-5
pubmed:abstractText
Symptomatic premenstrual change remains enigmatic and much disputed. To establish baselines in a non-complaining population, we administered the Premenstrual Assessment Form (PAF) to 133 volunteers not seeking or using treatment for premenstrual symptoms. The PAF, a 95-item self report questionnaire, provides categorical, bipolar and quantitative data on a wide range of premenstrual symptoms. Only 27 women (20.3%) failed to meet criteria for at least one of the negative PAF syndromes suggesting that the criteria are lax for clinical investigative purposes. Most common syndromes were minor and major depressive syndromes (87, 65%) with atypical and hostile subtypes most common, general physical discomfort syndrome (82, 61.7%) and fluid retention syndrome (71, 53.4%). Factor analysis was used with the quantitative data to group symptoms. The analysis suggested three factors: a physiological depression (depression with physical change), an anxiety-volatility, and an increased well-being unrelated to other changes. The clearer delineation of premenstrual changes in non-complaining women will define the control group in research with premenstrually symptomatic complainers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0022-3999
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
439-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Towards a definition of PMS: a factor analytic evaluation of premenstrual change in non-complaining women.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics/Gynaecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article