Table 1. Summary of included studies .
| Author | Year | Place (State/UT) | Data collection period | Age (y) | Population | Diagnosis | Scale used/criteria | Population studied (N) |
PMS
No. (%) |
PMDD
No. (%) |
| Sharma et al18 | 2008 | Delhi | - | 13-19 | Adolescents | PMS | Pre-tested, semi-structured questionnaire | 198 | 125 (63.13) | - |
| Sharma et al19 | 2008 | Delhi | - | 20-23 | Unmarried undergraduate medical students | PMS | 12 Symptoms of PMS | 100 | 67 (67) | - |
| Ray et al20 | 2010 | West Bengal | - | 10-19 | Adolescents | PMS | Pre-tested questionnaire | 715 | 303 (42.38) | - |
| Sharma et al21 | 2013 | Himachal Pradesh | - | 20–50 | Adult women | PMS | PMS (A,D,C,H,O) | 105 | 48 (45.71) | - |
| Brahmbhatt et al22 | 2013 | Gujrat | - | Medical and nursing students, teaching and non-teaching staffs |
PMS | Structured questionnaire developed for PMS | 100 | 42 (42) | - | |
| Mandal et al23 | 2015 | West Bengal | Jul-Aug, 2014 | 13-19 | Adolescents | PMS | ACOG criteria | 278 | 150 (53.96) | - |
| Sarkar et al24 | 2015 | West Bengal | Jul-Aug, 2015 | 13–21 | Adolescents | PMS | ACOG criteria | 244 | 150 (61.48) | - |
| Mishra et al25 | 2015 | Gujrat | - | 19–28 | UG and PG Medical students | PMDD | SPAF; SSQ-PMDD | 100 | - | 37 (37) |
| Kavitha et al10 | 2015 | Tamil Nadu | Feb- Apr, 2015 | - | Medical students | PMS | DSM-IV | 90 | 67 (74.44) | - |
| Joseph et al26 | 2016 | Kerala | - | 18-20 | Nursing students | PMS | Modified standardized premenstrual syndrome scale | 60 | 9 (15) | - |
| Raval et al11 | 2016 | Gujrat | Jan- Aug, 2012 | 17–30 | College students | PMS and PMDD | PSST; SCID-PMDD | 489 | 72 (14.72) | 18 (3.68) |
| Rumana et al27 | 2017 | Karnataka | - | up to 25 | Medical students | PMS | PEQ | 270 | 84 (31.11) | - |
| Abirami and Ambika28 | 2017 | Tamil Nadu | Jan 5-21, 2015 | 17-26 | Nursing students | PMS | Structured questionnaire developed for PMS | 100 | 74 (74) | - |
| Negi et al29 | 2018 | Himachal Pradesh | - | 13-19 | Adolescents | PMS | 470 | 190 (40.43) | - | |
| Shenuka et al30 | 2018 | Tamil Nadu | May- Oct, 2017 | 17-27 | Healthcare and non-healthcare students | PMS and PMDD | PMS (A,D,C,H,O) and PSST | 478 | 204 (42.68) | 19 (3.97) |
| Badkur et al31 | 2018 | Madhya Pradesh | Dec- Jun, 2015 | 18-25 | College students | PMS | ACOG criteria | 101 | 40 (39.6) | - |
| Budarapu et al32 | 2018 | Andhra Pradesh | - | - | Medical students | PMS and PMDD | PSST | 635 | 177 (27.87) | 88 (13.86) |
| Kamat et al33 | 2019 | Gujrat | - | 10–23 | College and school students | PMS AND PMDD | PSST-A | 1281 | 243 (18.97) | 64 (5) |
| Bhuvaneswari et al12 | 2019 | Puducherry | - | 18-22 | College students | PMS and PMDD | SPAF for PMS | 300 | 188 (62.67) | 197 (65.67) |
| Laxmi et al34 | 2019 | Andhra Pradesh | - | 17-24 | Nursing students | PMS | Structured questionnaire containing 47 questions of PMS | 133 | 61 (45.86) | - |
| Durairaj et al9 | 2019 | Tamil Nadu | - | 17-25 | Medical and engineering students |
PMS and PMDD | PSST | 1047 | 150 (14.33) | 39 (3.72) |
| Srikanth and Nandini35 | 2019 | Andhra Pradesh | - | Medical students | PMS and PMDD | PSST | 100 | 30 (30) | 5 (5) | |
| Bansal et al36 | 2019 | Karnataka | Sept 2017- Aug 2018 | 16-30 | College students | PMS and PMDD | PSST | 571 | 205 (35.9) | 58 (10.16) |
| Koganti et al37 | 2020 | Telengana | Sept- Dec 2019 | 18-25 | Medical students | PMDD | DSR | 180 | - | 20 (11.11) |
| Gupta et al38 | 2020 | Chandigarh | - | 11–20 | School Students | PMDD | PMDD scale | 397 | - | 19 (4.79) |
UT: Union Territory; ACOG: American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; DSM-IV-TR: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision; DSR: Penn State Daily Symptom Report; PEQ: PMS self-Evaluation Questionnaire; PMS (A, D, C, H, O): Premenstrual Syndrome Symptoms (Anxiety, Cravings, Heaviness, Hydration, Headaches, Depression, Others); PSST: Premenstrual Symptoms Screening Tool; PSST-A: Premenstrual Symptoms Screening Tool-Adolescents; SCID-PMDD: Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-TR Defined PMDD; SPAF: Shortened Premenstrual Assessment Form; SSQ-PMDD: Self-screening quiz for PMDD as per the DSM-IV-TR criteria.