1Master of Psychiatric Nursing, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran
2Instructor, Amir Al-Momenin Hospital, Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
3Master of Community Health Nursing Student, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
4Instructor, Abadan School of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran
*Corresponding author: Fatemeh Bafahm, Abadan School of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran
Online published on 16 August, 2018.
Premenstrual syndrome is a psychological, neurological, ganglia disorder that interferes with communication and disrupts the natural activities of women in the community. This study aimed to investigate the effect of therapeutic interventions on reducing the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome In these patients. The search of electronic information was done by using the keywords of premenstrual syndrome, prevention of premenstrual syndrome. The studied bases included the Iran medex database, SID, Magiran, Pubmed, Elsevier and Scopus. The above mentioned database was searched from January 2017 to March 2018. 52 studies were conducted to evaluate the effect of interventions on reducing the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome. Finally, interventions were categorized into eight fields. The interventions were most useful in the following areas, respectively: Nutrition, exercise and stretching lead to muscle austerity, drug interventions, training, massage, acupuncture, cognitive-behavioral interventions, and interventions in management strategies. The results suggest that the use of new methods and traditional medicine can greatly reduce the erosive symptoms of premenstrual syndrome, but the inaccessibility along with the costs of these interventions, the most important pillar in the lack of Follow up of these treatment interventions in women with this disease. Therefore, it is suggested by the researcher to pay attention to the effective and less costly interventional interventions with ease of use in health centers.
Premenstrual syndrome, prevention, Behavior