Prevalence of premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Health promotion perspectives Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 161 - 170
• Main Authors: Dutta, Abhijit, Sharma, Avinash
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tabriz Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Age groups; Child development; Cognition & reasoning; Confidence intervals; Epidemiology; Estimates; Evaluation; Heterogeneity; Libraries; Literature reviews; Menstrual cycle; Menstruation; Meta-analysis; Observational studies; PMS; Population; premenstrual dysphoric disorder; Premenstrual syndrome; prevalence; Quality assessment; Sensitivity analysis; Social research; Statistical analysis; Subgroups; Systematic Review; India

Background: The burden and impact of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is not well characterised among Indian population. Therefore, we conducted this systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the prevalence of PMS and PMDD among females of reproductive age...