PRE-MENSTRUAL TENSION SYNDROME - DIAGNOSTIC-CRITERIA AND SELECTION OF RESEARCH SUBJECTS
PRE-MENSTRUAL TENSION SYNDROME - DIAGNOSTIC-CRITERIA AND SELECTION OF RESEARCH SUBJECTS
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DOI：
10.1016/0165-1781(83)90034-3
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发表时间：
1983-01-01
影响因子：
11.3
通讯作者：
ABPLANALP, JM
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作者：
HASKETT, RF;ABPLANALP, JM
经前紧张综合症（PMTS）的调查受到一些方法学问题的阻碍，特别是研究对象的定义不充分。在 24 名有症状的女性志愿者中测试了使用访谈和自我报告信息的 PMTS 诊断标准。随后每位女性完成 1 1/2 个月经周期的情绪和躯体症状的每日报告。将符合 PMTS 诊断标准的受试者的症状概况与不符合标准的受试者的症状概况进行比较。显然，所使用的诊断仪器可以识别出一组患有严重且有时限的经前心理障碍的女性，并将她们与具有较轻微且更暂时弥漫性变化的女性区分开来。讨论了对此类仪器的需求及其对进一步研究这种疾病的重要性。
The investigation of premenstrual tension syndrome (PMTS) has been hampered by several methodological problems, particularly an inadequate definition of study subjects. Diagnostic criteria for PMTS that use both interview and self-report information were tested in 24 symptomatic female volunteers. Each women subsequently completed daily reports of emotional and somatic symptoms for 1 1/2 menstrual cycles. Symptom profiles from subjects meeting the diagnostic criteria for PMTS were compared with profiles from subjects who failed to meet the criteria. Evidently, the diagnostic instruments used could identify a group of women with a severe and time-limited premenstrual psychological disturbance and distinguish them from women with milder and more temporally diffuse changes. The need for such instruments and their importance for further research into this disorder are discussed.