Applying the Biopsychosocial Model to Menstrual Health Experiences

Kami Abdullayev’s MSc project was the precursor to her PhD work and it has now been published in Women’s Reproductive Health. 

It describes the biopsychosocial approach to understanding menstrual health symptom experiences and uses a sample of almost 1000 women to show the associations between perceptions of one’s menstrual cycle and the severity of their symptoms. 

The findings highlight that symptom severity is not stable, nor purely biological, and we can provide better support for individuals by looking at symptom experiences more holistically (stay tuned to see how she does that during her PhD project!).

New Paper Published: Applying the Biopsychosocial Model to Menstrual Health Experiences

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23293691.2026.2703586