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KMID : 0358519970090030487
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Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
1997 Volume.9 No. 3 p.487 ~ p.495
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A Comparative Study on Premenstrual Syndrome between Women Workers and Housewives
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김영래:Kim Young-Rae
남민:Nam Min/맹광호:Meng Kwang-Ho
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Abstract
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To assess and compare premenstrual changes in women workers and housewives, a self |
rating retrospective premenstrual assessment. form(PAF) was administered to 184 women
workers and 163 housewives who reported premenstrual changes. §
The results were as follows: §
1) According to typological categories of retrospective premenstrual assessment form. |
the most commonly reported changes in mood and behavior were major depressive syn-
drome(22.3% vs 26.4%), impulsive syndrome(23.4% vs 25.2%) in both subjects. Among
the subtype of depressive syndrome, hostility feature and withdrawal feature were most
frequent. The most commonly reported changes in physical condition were general discom-
fort (65.8% vs 62.0%), fatigue(51.1% vs 32.5%). 51.1% and 45.4% of each subjects
reported impaired social function. i
2 In the mood and behavior changes in typological categories, housewives more fre- |
guently reported hysteroid feature. §
3) Regarding the physical conditions in typological categories, housewives more fre-
quently reported water retention syndrome. On the other hand, women workers reported |
fatiguo syndromo moro frequently. §
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KEYWORD
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women workers, Premenstrual assessment form(PAF), Premenstrual changes, Housewives
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