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Abstract
Background: Catastrophic disasters such as great earthquakes cause tremendous physical and mental damage. We previously reported that the Great East Japan Earthquake worsened premenstrual symptoms among adolescent girls in the disaster-stricken area.
Objectives: We reanalyzed these data to determine the positive effects of education on premenstrual symptoms.
Materials and methods: Annual school-based surveys about premenstrual syndrome (PMS) or premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) have been conducted in Sendai since 2009. The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred on March 11, 2011. First-year students in one school had received education on PMS/PMDD before the earthquake, whereas those in another school had not. We reanalyzed data for 1431 girls (November 2010) and 1489 girls (December 2011) aged 15-18 years.
Results: The severity of PMS/PMDD in students who had received the education program showed no changes between before and after the earthquake. However, students who had not received education showed worsening of the severity of PMS/PMDD.
Conclusion: This study showed education had a possible beneficial effect for the prevention of stress-induced PMS/PMDD.
期刊介绍：
Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics is an international, peer reviewed, open access journal focusing on health, pathology, and treatment issues specific to the adolescent age group, including health issues affecting young people with cancer. Original research, reports, editorials, reviews, commentaries and adolescent-focused clinical trial design are welcomed. All aspects of health maintenance, preventative measures, disease treatment interventions, studies investigating the poor outcomes for some treatments in this group of patients, and the challenges when transitioning from adolescent to adult care are addressed within the journal. Practitioners from all disciplines are invited to submit their work as well as health care researchers and patient support groups. Areas covered include: Physical and mental development in the adolescent period, Behavioral issues, Pathologies and treatment interventions specific to this age group, Prevalence and incidence studies, Diet and nutrition, Specific drug handling, efficacy, and safety issues, Drug development programs, Outcome studies, patient satisfaction, compliance, and adherence, Patient and health education programs and studies.
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