Introduction

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a collection of symptoms including emotion, behavioral, and physical symptoms that lead to psychosomatic and gynecological pattern which can interfere women’s Quality of Life (QoL) in various aspects. The purpose of thisstudy is to find out the relationship between PMS and QoL of female medical students of Universitas Pelita Harapan

Methods

This research was a cross-sectional study. Subjects were 100 pre-clinical female medical students of Universitas Pelita Harapan batch 2016-2018 selected through simple random sampling method. Self-report questionnaires were used to assess demographic, premenstrual syndromes (PMSS) and the quality of life (SF-36).  Data were analyzed by using SPSS 21^stfor Mac.

Results

The mean age of the subjects was 19,25 ± 1,25 years old. Fifty-eight percents of respondents were reported to experience PMS. Female medical students with PMS had lower score of SF-36 in all aspects. Significant relationship was found between premenstrual syndrome and several domains of quality of life including Emotional Well-Being, Social Functioning, Bodily Pain, and General Health domain (P<0.05)

Conclusion

The presence of PMS does affect the quality of life among female medical students. Thus, it is necessary to provide some interventions related to PMS aiming to improve the quality of life of female medical students.

Keywords: premenstrual syndrome, quality of life, PMSS, SF-36