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Chumpalova P, Iakimova R, Stoimenova-Popova M, et al. Prevalence and clinical picture of premenstrual syndrome in females from Bulgaria. Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2020;19:3doi: 10.1186/s12991-019-0255-1.
Chumpalova, P., Iakimova, R., Stoimenova-Popova, M., Aptalidis, D., Pandova, M., Stoyanova, M., & Fountoulakis, K. N. (2020). Prevalence and clinical picture of premenstrual syndrome in females from Bulgaria. Annals of general psychiatry, 193. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12991-019-0255-1
Chumpalova, Petranka, et al. "Prevalence and clinical picture of premenstrual syndrome in females from Bulgaria." Annals of general psychiatry vol. 19 (2020): 3. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12991-019-0255-1
Chumpalova P, Iakimova R, Stoimenova-Popova M, Aptalidis D, Pandova M, Stoyanova M, Fountoulakis KN. Prevalence and clinical picture of premenstrual syndrome in females from Bulgaria. Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2020 Jan 15;19:3. doi: 10.1186/s12991-019-0255-1. eCollection 2020. PMID: 31969927; PMCID: PMC6964059.
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Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2020 Jan 15;19:3. doi: 10.1186/s12991-019-0255-1. eCollection 2020.

Prevalence and clinical picture of premenstrual syndrome in females from Bulgaria.

Annals of general psychiatry

Petranka Chumpalova, Rossitza Iakimova, Maya Stoimenova-Popova, Daniil Aptalidis, Milena Pandova, Maria Stoyanova, Konstantinos N Fountoulakis

Affiliations

  1. University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment "Doctor Georgi Stranski", 8A Georgi Kochev Blvd., 5800 Pleven, Bulgaria.
  2. 2Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Medical University-Pleven, 113, Storgozia Distr., 5800 Pleven, Bulgaria.
  3. University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment in Neurology and Psychiatry "Sveti Naum", 1 Lyuben Russev Str., 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.
  4. 4Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Medical University-Sofia, 1 Georgi Sofiyski Blvd., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria.
  5. 53rd Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

PMID: 31969927 PMCID: PMC6964059 DOI: 10.1186/s12991-019-0255-1

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and its more severe form premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) are highly prevalent conditions, but there seems to be ethnic and cultural variances in their distribution.

AIMS: To explore the prevalence of PMS/PMDD and their typical clinical features in a Bulgarian population.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: This investigation was designed and executed as a cross-sectional descriptive study. Three hundred and five conveniently recruited females with no psychiatric history filled in a self-evaluation questionnaire based on DSM-IV tapping on different symptoms of PMS. The prevalence of the conditions was calculated.

RESULTS: 32.1% (

CONCLUSION: PMS is a common condition which is usually mildly expressed, but severe cases are not an exception. The clinical picture is dominated by almost equally distributed psychological and somatic symptoms.

© The Author(s) 2020.

Keywords: Clinical picture; Premenstrual dysphoric disorder; Premenstrual syndrome; Prevalence

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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