Diets enriched with whole grains reduce premenstrual syndrome scores in nurses: an open-label parallel randomised controlled trial
Esmaeilpour M, Ghasemian S, Alizadeh M
The British journal of nutrition · 10 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
- Intake measured by
- Food provided by researchers
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- University or hospital
- Urmia University
- University or hospital
- Urmia University of Medical Sciences
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Publication
- Published
- 2019-02-14 · Br J Nutr · vol. 121 · issue 09 · pp. 992–1001
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Cited
- 21 citations · more than 80% of similar papers · 1.3× the field average
- References
- 43 works
- Access
- Free to read
- Research areas
- Menstrual Health and Disorders · Health and Wellbeing Research · Biochemical effects in animals
- Keywords
- Medicine, Randomized controlled trial, Confounding, Mood, Whole grains, Intervention (counseling), Clinical trial, Internal medicine, Single blind, Menstrual cycle, Physical therapy, Nursing, Psychiatry, Food science, Biology, Hormone
- MeSH
- humans, premenstrual syndrome, treatment outcome, diet, food, fortified, adult, nurses, female, whole grains
3 authors
From IR
- Mozhgan EsmaeilpourUrmia University; Urmia University of Medical Sciences
- Sedigheh GhasemianUrmia University; Urmia University of Medical Sciences
- Mohammad Alizadeh · correspondingUrmia University; Urmia University of Medical Sciences
Abstract
Although previous studies have demonstrated the beneficial effects of some components of whole grains on premenstrual syndrome (PMS), our literature review shows that no clinical trial has studied the effect of whole grain consumption on PMS so far. Therefore, the present study was designed to study the effect of diets rich in whole grains on PMS among nurses. This study is a parallel controlled clinical trial with a 3-month intervention period in which, after following two menstrual cycles among nurses, 100 nurses diagnosed with PMS were randomly divided into two groups of intervention and control, with fifty individuals in each. Those in the intervention group replaced at least four servings of refined grains in their daily diets with whole grains. To supply four servings, 120 g of bread made with whole flour was given to the intervention group on a daily basis. Those in the control group, however, continued their regular daily consumption of grains. The two groups were compared regarding PMS symptoms after adjusting the confounding variables. The repeated measurement test showed that the interaction between the time factor and the experimental group on the mean score of PMS symptoms was significant. That is, the intervention group showed a significant decrease in the general, mood, physical and behavioural symptoms of PMS compared with the controls (P<0·001, P=0·01, P<0·001 and P=0·003, respectively). Therefore, daily consumption of whole grains in place of refined grains can contribute to improvement in PMS symptoms. Further studies are needed to confirm our findings.
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