Premenstrual syndrome in hysterectomized women: mood and physical symptom cyclicity.
In 36 hysterectomized women presenting with PMS, a daily record of eight mood states and five physical symptoms was kept during 109 ovarian cycles. Premenstrual tension (PMT) was estimated at a point 92% through the ovarian cycle after fitting a five-term Fourier series to the data. Although significant mood and physical-symptom swings were common (present in 71% and 69% of cycles respectively), the incidence of symptoms late in the luteal phase (PMT) was low (36%). In nine women no PMT was detected, in twenty-two women PMT was sporadic, and in five there was evidence of the consistent appearance of both mood and physical symptom-related PMT. Symptoms clustered significantly around a point 85% through the ovarian cycle for moods, and 83% for physical symptoms; this differs significantly from the 92% observed in menstruant women with PMS and is consistent with the removal of a factor associated with menstrual onset, which may contribute to the symptoms perceived by women as PMT.
Department of Endocrinology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
M G
MG
Metcalf
J H
JH
Livesey
J E
JE
Wells
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V
Braiden
S M
SM
Hudson
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Bamber
D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000523:psychology*; D008597:Menstrual Cycle / Q000523:psychology*; D010556:Personality Tests; D011293:Premenstrual Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D012803:Sick Role