The effects of an educational program for premenstrual syndrome of women of Korean industrial districts.

The purpose of this study is to find an intervention that will help alleviate women's signs and discomforts associated with premenstrual syndrome (PMS). As the social activities of women increase, eliminating PMS becomes increasingly important for many Korean women. A possible health care countermeasure for PMS is to assess PMS at an early stage; clarify the premenstrual signs, symptoms, and tensions; and afterward alleviate the premenstrual signs and discomforts. Related educational programs have been found to be effective interventions. Studies in Korea until now generally have focused on premenstrual signs and discomforts. This study, in contrast, was carried out in order to find women who have physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral discomforts due to PMS, then to provide them with an educational program, and eventually to establish an intervention that would help alleviate their premenstrual signs and discomforts.