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YEAR: 1991

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Frequency and severity of premenstrual symptoms in women taking birth

control pills.

AUTHORS

Yuk VJ; Cumming CE; Fox EE; Cumming DC

SOURCE

GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC INVESTIGATION. 1991 Jan;31(1):42-5.

ABSTRACT

A new study of premenstrual symptoms was conducted on women taking low dose birth control pills, and using a

more detailed questionnaire than those previously reported. 320 women unselected other than having answered a

recruitment advertisement completed a 95-item retrospective Premenstrual Assessment Form. The questionnaire

included items on mood, behavior and physical condition, each rated on a 6-point scale, based on criteria in the

DSM-III. 78 women were taking pills containing 35 mcg estrogen or less. These women averaged 25.5 years of age,

compared to 33.3 in non-users. 47% of the pill group, compared to 44% of non-users, stated that they had or would

seek help for premenstrual symptoms (n.s.). Only 1 significant difference was found between pill users and controls:

pill users were less hostile-depressive than non-users. No difference were found between groups by univariate

analysis of variance. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 2531-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Frequency and severity of premenstrual symptoms in

women taking birth control pills.", is(are) Yuk VJ; Cumming CE; Fox EE; Cumming DC. The source of this article

is "GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC INVESTIGATION. 1991 Jan;31(1):42-5.". This article was published in 1991 in

English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 2531-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN:

12531

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