PERSISTENCE OF SYMPTOMS OF PREMENSTRUAL TENSION IN HYSTERECTOMIZED WOMEN
- 1 May 1981
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 88 (5), 530-536
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01028.x
Abstract
Daily symptom ratings were recorded in seven women with premenstrual tension syndrome for one month before and for up to two months after hysterectomy. Ovarian activity was monitored after operation by twice weekly measurements of total oestrogen and pregnanediol in 12-hour urine samples. Cyclical changes in mood persisted following hysterectomy with the greatest mental and physical symptoms occurring during the late luteal phase of the cycle. In contrast there was a marked decrease in activity and vigour ratings during the late luteal phase of the cycle and during menstruation. There was a small but significant improvement in symptoms in most women following hysterectomy. These results demonstrate that neither the presence of the uterus nor the occurrence of menstruation are necessary for the manifestation of the premenstrual tension syndrome and support the view that it has a hormonal basis.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
- Premenstrual Syndrome: A Double-Blind Controlled Trial of Progesterone and PlaceboThe British Journal of Psychiatry, 1979
- Studies of Daily Recordings from the Moos Menstrual Distress QuestionnaireThe British Journal of Psychiatry, 1977
- FSH, LH, TeBG-capacity, estrogen and progesterone in women with premenstrual tension during the luteal phaseJournal of Steroid Biochemistry, 1976
- A Study of Minor Psychiatric and Physical Symptoms During the Menstrual CycleThe British Journal of Psychiatry, 1975
- OVARIAN FUNCTION AFTER HYSTERECTOMY WITH CONSERVATION OF THE OVARIES IN PRE‐MENOPAUSAL WOMENBJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1969
- An Analysis of Mood StatesEducational and Psychological Measurement, 1967
- An analysis of mood in neurotics.The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 1964
- OVARIAN ACTIVITY FOLLOWING HYSTERECTOMYBJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1958
- FURTHER HISTORICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON MENSTRUAL TOXIN*The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1943
- FURTHER HISTORICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON MENSTRUAL TOXIN*The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1943