Efficacy of family psychoeducation for symptomatic relapse in patients with premenstrual syndrome / premenstrual dysphoric disorder

Research Project

Project/Area Number	16K17332
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Clinical psychology
Research Institution	Shiga University of Medical Science
Principal Investigator	KAWAMURA AOI 滋賀医科大学, 医学部, 医員 (40772934)
Research Collaborator	YAMADA naoto KURIYAMA kenichi SHIMODERA shinji INAGAKI takahiko YOSHIMURA atsushi FUJII akio MATSUDA arichika
Project Period (FY)	2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000) Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords	月経前症候群 / 月経前不快気分障害 / 再燃 / 感情表出 / 家族心理教育 / DSR / 再発予防 / 家族の感情表出 / Penn DSR 日本語版 / PMS / PMDD
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of family psychoeducation for symptomatic relapse in patients with premenstrual syndrome (PMS) / premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). Even among experts, PMS/PMDD is a disease with low awareness. Although the necessity of diagnosis and treatment intervention is being emphasized in clinical settings in Japan, a tool for symptom evaluation and diagnosis has yet to reach a consensus. Since it is essential to use a diagnostic tool with high reliability and validity from the viewpoint of securing data quality, we completed the Japanese translation of the Penn Daily Symptom Report (DSR), a diagnostic tool that is frequently used worldwide and has high reliability and validity, prior to our research.
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	本研究を推進する過程で作成した日本語版症状評価ツールはPMS/PMDD診断の精度向上だけでなく、国内のPMS/PMDD研究の活性化に大きく貢献できるものと期待される。また、PMS/PMDD患者のリクルートの困難さの主要因でもある疾病認知度の低さに対し、当施設内での啓蒙活動に留まらず、国内外の雑誌に寄稿し、疾病認知度向上に貢献した。