Interventions for Premenstrual Syndrome

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Age Cohort: 12 - 24 years
Health Promotion Disease Prevention Diagnostic Curative Rehabilitative Palliative
Community Level
  • Educate community to create awareness on Premenstrual syndrome and the need for family/partner support
  • Recognition of Premenstrual syndrome signs and symptoms
  • NSAID
  • Health diet
  • Physical activity
  • Referral to next-level health care facility Primary level
  • Physical activity counselling and exercise training

Behavioural, mood, attitude, and emotional support by family members

Primary Care
  • Health education on the physical and emotional symptoms of the syndrome and on seeking care
  • Presence of classic symptoms
  • Fasting blood glucose
  • Random blood glucose
  • HbA1c
  • Urine test
  • NSIAD
  • Healthy diet
  • Physical activity
  • Physical activity counselling and exercise training
  • Physical, emotional and social support
Referral Facility: General
  • Health education on the physical and emotional symptoms of the syndrome and on seeking care
  • History
  • Physical examination
  • Diary for premenstrual symptoms
  • Complete blood count
  • Thyroid function test
  • Hormone levels
  • Life style modification
  • NSAID
  • Serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)
  • Anxiolytics
  • Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists
  • Oral contraceptive pills
  • cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)
  • Physical activity counselling and exercise training
  • Physical, emotional and social support
Referral Facility: Specialist
  • Health education on the physical and emotional symptoms of the syndrome and on seeking care
  • History
  • Physical examination
  • Diary for premenstrual symptoms
  • Complete blood count
  • Thyroid function test
  • Hormone leve
  • Life style modification
  • NSAID
  • Serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)
  • Anxiolytics
  • Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)
  • Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists
  • Oral contraceptive pills
  • Oophorectomy
  • Physical activity counselling and exercise training

Physical, emotional and social support