Medical Science
Volume 26, Issue 130, December 2022
The effectiveness of
transdiagnostic integrative
treatment on sleep quality and
symptoms of premenstrual
syndrome: A trial study
Nazanin Ahangari1, Maryam Bakhtiari2♦, Zahra Naeiji3
1Ph.D. student of clinical psychology, Department of clinical psychology,
School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,
Tehran, Iran;ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2164-1555
2Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology,
School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,
Tehran, Iran;ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5106-9775
3Assistant professor of obstetrics &Gynecology, Department of
gynecology and obstetrics, shahid beheshti university of medical
sciences, mahdiyeh hospital, Tehran, Iran;ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9572-
5893
♦Corresponding author
Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology,
School of Medicine,
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
ABSTRACT
2Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5106-9775
3Assistant professor of obstetrics &Gynecology, Department of gynecology and obstetrics, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, mahdiyeh hospital, Tehran, Iran;ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9572- 5893
Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
Purpose: The present study was aimed at determining the effectiveness of
integrative transdiagnostic treatment on sleep quality and premenstrual
symptoms. Method: This study was carried out based on clinical trial including
pre-test, post-test, and follow-up with control group. The participants of the
study included all women in reproductive ages with a diagnosis of
premenstrual syndrome who had referred to Shahid Beheshti University of
Medical Sciences in during November 2020 to December 2021. Forty
participants were selected via purposive sampling. Twenty participants were
then assigned into each group. Experimental group participants received 8
transdiagnostic treatment sessions. To collect data, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality
Index and Premenstrual Symptoms Screening Tool were employed and
analyze the data was done by SPSS statistical software; and paired t-test, and
repeated measures analysis. Results: The mean and standard deviation of
participants' age were 30.90 ± 8.06 for experimental group and 33.25 ± 9.58 for
control group. Based on the results of repeated measures analysis, there was a
significant difference between experimental and control groups with respect
to sleep quality and PMS. Moreover, according to the results of paired t-test,
there was a significant difference between groups in post-test and follow-up
phases with regard to sleep quality and PMS. Conclusion: Therefore,
transdiagnostic treatment has significant effects on sleep quality and PMS. It is
thus suggested that gynecologists, clinics, and medical centers concerned with
PMS patients can use the results of the present study as a guide
Keywords: Premenstrual Syndrome, Sleep Quality, Integrative
Transdiagnostic Treatment
Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms553e2117
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i130/ms553e2117
Published: 23 December 2022
