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Food craving and symptoms of premenstrual syndrome among university students

Introduction: Food craving was one of the common symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) among women. This study aimed to examine level of food craving during pre-menstruation and PMS symptoms; its association and pre-dictor of PMS symptoms on food craving during pre-menstruation among university st...

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Main Authors: Abdullah, Nor Fatihah, Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda, Sidek, Suriati, Mat Hassan, Nur Aainna Amira
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RM216 Diet Therapy. Clinical Nutrition
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spelling my.iium.irep.894802021-07-08T01:34:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/89480/ Food craving and symptoms of premenstrual syndrome among university students Abdullah, Nor Fatihah Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda Sidek, Suriati Mat Hassan, Nur Aainna Amira RM216 Diet Therapy. Clinical Nutrition Introduction: Food craving was one of the common symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) among women. This study aimed to examine level of food craving during pre-menstruation and PMS symptoms; its association and pre-dictor of PMS symptoms on food craving during pre-menstruation among university students. Methods: A cross-sec-tional study was conducted among female undergraduate students from International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuantan Campus. Screening phase for eligibility was conducted. Three questionnaires consisted of Health History Questionnaire, Food Craving Questionnaire-Trait-reduced and Premenstrual Tension Syndrome Rating Scale were distributed among eligible students. Descriptive analysis, Pearson correlation test and multiple linear regression were performed using SPSS version 22.0. P value was set at p<0.05 as statistically significant. Results: 129 students were eligible as study respondents. A total of 48% of the respondents showed clinically relevant traits of food craving. The highest food craving among respondents were sweet foods (45.7%) followed by fatty (18.6%), spicy (10.9%), salty (8.5%) and sour (2.3%) food. 60% respondents had moderate to severe PMS symptoms level. There was a signifi-cant association between food craving and PMS symptoms (p=0.001). PMS symptoms significantly predicted food craving (p=0.002). Conclusion: This study is at the forefront in reporting food craving and PMS symptoms among undergraduate students which were prevalent during pre-menstruation. Food craving was significantly associated with PMS symptoms. This research provides further insight related to food craving among women particularly the role of PMS symptoms as predictor. Strategies in preventing substantial calories intake during pre-menstruation is therefore required in this population. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2021-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/89480/1/89480_Food%20craving%20and%20symptoms%20of%20premenstrual.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/89480/7/89480_Food%20craving%20and%20symptoms_Scopus.pdf Abdullah, Nor Fatihah and Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda and Sidek, Suriati and Mat Hassan, Nur Aainna Amira (2021) Food craving and symptoms of premenstrual syndrome among university students. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 17 (2). pp. 189-196. ISSN 1675-8544 E-ISSN 2636-9346 https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2021040613150326_MJMHS_0127.pdf
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topic RM216 Diet Therapy. Clinical Nutrition
spellingShingle RM216 Diet Therapy. Clinical Nutrition
Abdullah, Nor Fatihah
Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda
Sidek, Suriati
Mat Hassan, Nur Aainna Amira
Food craving and symptoms of premenstrual syndrome among university students
description Introduction: Food craving was one of the common symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) among women. This study aimed to examine level of food craving during pre-menstruation and PMS symptoms; its association and pre-dictor of PMS symptoms on food craving during pre-menstruation among university students. Methods: A cross-sec-tional study was conducted among female undergraduate students from International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuantan Campus. Screening phase for eligibility was conducted. Three questionnaires consisted of Health History Questionnaire, Food Craving Questionnaire-Trait-reduced and Premenstrual Tension Syndrome Rating Scale were distributed among eligible students. Descriptive analysis, Pearson correlation test and multiple linear regression were performed using SPSS version 22.0. P value was set at p<0.05 as statistically significant. Results: 129 students were eligible as study respondents. A total of 48% of the respondents showed clinically relevant traits of food craving. The highest food craving among respondents were sweet foods (45.7%) followed by fatty (18.6%), spicy (10.9%), salty (8.5%) and sour (2.3%) food. 60% respondents had moderate to severe PMS symptoms level. There was a signifi-cant association between food craving and PMS symptoms (p=0.001). PMS symptoms significantly predicted food craving (p=0.002). Conclusion: This study is at the forefront in reporting food craving and PMS symptoms among undergraduate students which were prevalent during pre-menstruation. Food craving was significantly associated with PMS symptoms. This research provides further insight related to food craving among women particularly the role of PMS symptoms as predictor. Strategies in preventing substantial calories intake during pre-menstruation is therefore required in this population.
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author Abdullah, Nor Fatihah
Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda
Sidek, Suriati
Mat Hassan, Nur Aainna Amira
author_facet Abdullah, Nor Fatihah
Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda
Sidek, Suriati
Mat Hassan, Nur Aainna Amira
author_sort Abdullah, Nor Fatihah
title Food craving and symptoms of premenstrual syndrome among university students
title_short Food craving and symptoms of premenstrual syndrome among university students
title_full Food craving and symptoms of premenstrual syndrome among university students
title_fullStr Food craving and symptoms of premenstrual syndrome among university students
title_full_unstemmed Food craving and symptoms of premenstrual syndrome among university students
title_sort food craving and symptoms of premenstrual syndrome among university students
publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
publishDate 2021
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/89480/1/89480_Food%20craving%20and%20symptoms%20of%20premenstrual.pdf
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