Premenstrual syndrome prevalence in Turkey: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of premenstrual syndrome among reproductive age women living in Turkey with a systematic review and meta-analysis study. In this study were scanned keywords [‘premenstrual syndrome’ and prevalence and Turkish] in the databases including Turkish Medline, PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus and ISI Web of Knowledge. This study included full-text research articles from conducted in Turkey, published in Turkish or English between 2014 and 2018 and indicating prevalence. This study included a total of 18 studies conducted in Turkey reporting the prevalence of premenstrual syndrome. A total of 6890 women participated in these studies. The overall premenstrual syndrome prevalence in the studies examined in this systematic review was 52.2%. Subgroup prevalence was found to be 59% in high school students, 50.3% in university students and 66% of women in general population. In the meta-regression analysis showed that there was no significant relationship between the mean age of the participants with the prevalence of premenstrual syndrome. The results of the study showed that premenstrual syndrome was prevalent among Turkish reproductive age women. Health professionals should organize training for women to gain the ability to manage PMS symptoms. Further interventional studies are needed to cope with PMS.

KEYWORDS:

• Premenstrual syndrome
• prevalence
• Turkey
• systematic review
• meta-analysis

Acknowledgments

We thank the authors of the studies included in this research for their contributions. We also thank Assoc. Prof. Özkan Çıkrıkçı for statistical analysis. This study was submitted as oral presentation at the Third International Clinical Nursing Research Congress on December 8-11, 2020, İstanbul, TURKEY.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions.

Author’s contributions

Planning the study: Nülüfer Erbil, Hüsne Yücesoy; obtaining data: Hüsne Yücesoy, Nülüfer Erbil; saving data: Hüsne Yücesoy, Nülüfer Erbil; preparation of working report: Nülüfer Erbil, Hüsne Yücesoy.

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Funding

No financial support was received from any institution or person for this study.