TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of a social-media-based support on premenstrual syndrome and physical activity among female university students in South Korea
AU - Nam, Su Jin
AU - Cha, Chiyoung
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) under Grant number 2013R1A1A1008686.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2020/1/2
Y1 - 2020/1/2
N2 - Introduction: This study examined the effects of social-media-based support on premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and physical activity among female South Korean university students. Methods: This quasi-experimental study with an equivalent-control-group pretest–posttest design randomly assigned 64 female students with PMS to the experimental or control group. The experimental group received social-media-based support through a smartphone application, text messaging, and e-mail for one menstrual cycle between September and December, 2016. Descriptive and inferential statistics included a Chi-square test and independent and paired t-tests. Results: Significant differences emerged between the experimental and control groups in total PMS scores (p =.003), 14 premenstrual symptoms, and physical activity (p =.010). Conclusions: Female university students with PMS experienced decreased premenstrual symptoms and increased physical activity with social-media-based support, which could be an efficacious, accessible, and widely available nursing intervention to manage PMS and physical activity.
AB - Introduction: This study examined the effects of social-media-based support on premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and physical activity among female South Korean university students. Methods: This quasi-experimental study with an equivalent-control-group pretest–posttest design randomly assigned 64 female students with PMS to the experimental or control group. The experimental group received social-media-based support through a smartphone application, text messaging, and e-mail for one menstrual cycle between September and December, 2016. Descriptive and inferential statistics included a Chi-square test and independent and paired t-tests. Results: Significant differences emerged between the experimental and control groups in total PMS scores (p =.003), 14 premenstrual symptoms, and physical activity (p =.010). Conclusions: Female university students with PMS experienced decreased premenstrual symptoms and increased physical activity with social-media-based support, which could be an efficacious, accessible, and widely available nursing intervention to manage PMS and physical activity.
KW - female university students
KW - physical activity
KW - premenstrual symptom
KW - premenstrual syndrome
KW - Social-media-based support
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U2 - 10.1080/0167482X.2018.1559811
DO - 10.1080/0167482X.2018.1559811
M3 - Article
C2 - 30829097
AN - SCOPUS:85062458450
SN - 0167-482X
VL - 41
SP - 47
EP - 53
JO - Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology
JF - Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology
IS - 1
ER -