Prevalence, risk factors, and management practices of premenstrual syndrome among female university students in Lebanon: An observational cross-sectional study

Rania Itani; Reem Al Rawass; Diala Tlayss; Fatima Al Zarif; Souraya Domiati; Chaza Alaeddine; Mohamad Abdallah; Rawad Hayouk

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0354807

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Prevalence, risk factors, and management practices of premenstrual syndrome among female university students in Lebanon: An observational cross-sectional study

Rania Itani ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: r.itani@bau.edu.lb

Affiliation Pharmacy Practice Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4316-3224

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Reem Al Rawass,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon
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Diala Tlayss,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon
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Fatima Al Zarif,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon
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Souraya Domiati,

Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6423-5488

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Chaza Alaeddine,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pharmacy Practice Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon

https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6211-5988

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Mohamad Abdallah,

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pharmacy Practice Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon
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Rawad Hayouk

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pharmacy Practice Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon

https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8861-7964

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Prevalence, risk factors, and management practices of premenstrual syndrome among female university students in Lebanon: An observational cross-sectional study

Rania Itani,
Reem Al Rawass,
Diala Tlayss,
Fatima Al Zarif,
Souraya Domiati,
Chaza Alaeddine,
Mohamad Abdallah,
Rawad Hayouk

Published: July 27, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0354807

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