The Effect of Group Counseling on Depression of Premenstrual Syndrome

Background: The most important indication of the women’s reproductive performance is the menstrual cycle. This process, sometimes accompanied by annoying symptoms and signs. Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a series of physical, spiritual and emotional symptoms, which periodically occurs before menstruation. Therefore, the present study is designed with the aim of using non-pharmacological methods to reduce the complications of this syndrome, especially in the mental and psychological field. The main goal of this study is to The effect of group counseling on depression of premenstrual syndrome on Iranian women.Material and Method: This study is a randomized clinical control trial on 112 married women with premenstrual syndrome referring to health centers in Qazvin city. The samples were randomly divided into two groups of 55 in the control and 57 in the trial group. The trial group was given three sessions of group counseling for 45 minutes. Information was collected by demographic information questionnaire, premenstrual syndrome scale, and DASS-21 questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS-24 software and descriptive and inferential statistical methods.Results: At the beginning, the results of the studied variables were homogeneous in both groups. Furthermore, there was no significant difference in severity of premenstrual syndrome (P-value <0.1) and depression score (p-value = 0.6) before intervention in both groups. However, at the end of the study, the average severity of premenstrual syndrome and depression in the intervention group significantly decreased (P value <0.05).Conclusion: results showed, following the group counseling the severity of premenstrual syndrome symptoms and depression was reduced significantly.

Keywords:

Premenstrual syndrome , PMS , Depression , Group counseling.