title: [The effects of a PMS nutritional education program for college students].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was conducted to identify the effects of a PMS nutritional education program for college nursing students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects consisted of nursing students(experimental group: 29, control group: 27). The experimental group participated in a PMS nutritional education program for 8 weeks (including group and individual involvement). Data was collected before and after the education, and measurement tools were premenstrual symptoms, PMS knowledge, and self health behavior.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After the intervention, the experimental group showed a significant increase in PMS knowledge(Z=6.32, p=.000) and self health behavior(t=3.00, p=.004) compared to the control group. After the intervention the experimental group showed a significant increase in PMS knowledge(Z=-4.64, p=.000) and self health behavior(t=-3.04, p=.005) than before the intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggest that the short term effects of a PMS nutritional education program for nursing students was proven useful and the program should be applied to PMS nutrition education for PMS clients as well as health professionals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Kwandong University, Gangreung, Kangwondo. hwkim@kd.ac.kr
authors.forename: Hae Won
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011293:Premenstrual Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012648:Self Care; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology