ABSTRACT
The wide range of fluctuating symptomatology associated with menstrual dysfunction can be enormously disruptive to the lives of many women. Indeed, these symptoms may impact health status as profoundly as do such chronic conditions as angina and arthritis (1). In this nationally representative random sample of 1744 American menstruating women (1):
67% reported one or more menstrual symptoms, women with menstrual symptoms had significantly worse scores
for all domains of functioning (using the SF36 health status questionnaire),
it was concluded that some types of active management may greatly improve functioning, but not all approaches have been appropriately and comprehensively studied for their effects on symptom improvement.
