SOCIOMEDICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ADOLESCENT FEMALES WITH PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME
Objective. To identify the sociomedical risk factors and course of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in adolescent females. Subjects and methods. A questionnaire was used to get information in 520 female respondents aged 15—18 years. A study group comprised 96 adolescent females with PMS; a control group consisted of 424 girls. Mathematical methods for data processing included statistical, correlation analysis, and estimation of odds ratios (OR) in confidence intervals (CI) at the chosen significance of 95%. Results. A sociomedical characterization was compiled for adolescent females with PMS and risk factors for this pathology were identif ied. The neuropsychic and endocrine-exchange forms of PMS with a preponderance of its mild form were most common in the adolescents. Conclusion. The foregoing is a rationale for optimizing the early prediction and diagnosis of PMS just in adolescence in order to timely render medical care to adolescent females.