ABSTRACT
Objectives: In this study our main aim is to evaluate the effectof anaemia on PMS patients.Methods: This cross-sectional observational study was donein the department of Physiology, Chittagong Medical College,over one-year period from July, 2015 to June, 2016. Total 90subjects between 18-22 years were selected by purposivesampling according to inclusion and exclusion criteria from the1st year female medical students. They were divided inanaemic (Group A) and non anaemic (Group B) on the basis ofhaemoglobin concentration.Result: Mean (±SD) haemoglobin of the subjects were 11.70± 0.26 gm/dl and 14.26 ± 1.31 gm/dl in anaemic and nonanaemic group respectively. Mean (±SD) PMS score of thesubjects was 7.59 ± 3.6 and 7.08 ± 2.9 in anaemic and nonanaemic group respectively. Anaemic subjects showed morePMS score than non anaemic subjects though it wasinsignificant. On Pearson’s correlation, PMS score showedvery weak positive correlation with haemoglobin and nocorrelation with BMI.Conclusion: From our study we can conclude that, theanaemic subjects had higher PMS scores than non anaemicsubjects. There was a weak positive correlation betweenanaemia and PMS. Further study is needed for better outcome.