@article{Jabeen_Gul_2011, title={FREQUENCY OF PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME IN WORKING WOMEN VS HOUSEWIVES IN PESHAWAR}, volume={21}, url={https://jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/15}, abstractNote={<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><p>Objectives: To find out the frequency of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in working women Vs</p><p>housewives/women working in their own houses in Peshawar.</p><p>Material and Methods: This prospective study was carried out at Postgraduate Medical Institute,</p><p>Peshawar in the year 1995-1996, on 200 women (100 working women and 100 house wives/women</p><p>working in their own houses) meeting the criteria. Their daily prospective symptoms were recorded on a</p><p>menstrual chart administered to them for three consecutive months. One housewife withdrew by the third</p><p>month from the study because she got pregnant. Diagnostic and Statistical manual criteria (1994) was</p><p>used for the diagnosis of PMS.</p><p>Results: In this study, 53% (53/100) of working women and 25.25% (25/99) of housewives had PMS. In</p><p>working women the predominant symptoms were tension and irritability (45.28%) followed by fatigue</p><p>(41.5%) and depression (39.62%) while in house wives fatigue was at the top i.e. 76%, followed by</p><p>depression (52%) and anxiety (36%). More severe symptoms occurred in 43.9% of working women and in</p><p>24% of house wives. About 69.8% (n=37/53) of working women and 16% (n=4/25) housewives/women</p><p>working in their own houses were unmarried. Around 84.9% of working women and 84% of house wives</p><p>had dysmenorrhea. Analgesics and antidepressants were the most commonly used drugs.</p><p>Conclusion: The frequency and severity of PMS is more common in working women as compared to</p><p>housewives, probably due to more stressful life.</p></span></span></span>}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute}, author={Jabeen, Musarrat and Gul, Fouzia}, year={2011}, month={Jul.} }