The Effects of Kinesio Taping in Women With Primary Dysmenorrhea

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Primary Dysmenorrhea
• Interventions: Other: No intervention; Other: Kinesio tape application; Other: Sham Kinesio tape application

• Registration Number: NCT03915145
• Lead Sponsor: Ataturk Training and Research Hospital

Brief Summary

The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of kinesio taping in women with primary dysmenorrhea.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-03-10
• Status Verified: 2019-04
• Study First Submitted: 2019-04-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-04-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-04-12
• Study First Posted: 2019-04-16
• Last Update Posted: 2019-04-16
• Primary Completion: 2019-06
• Study Completion: 2019-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 to 35 years of age,
• having Primary Dysmenorrhea
• being volunteer women

Exclusion Criteria

• having give birth,
• having a serious psychiatric disorder
• having used oral contraceptive or depression drug in the last 6 month
• having secondary dysmenorrhea
• having irregular menstrual cycle
• having allergy to taping

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control group	No intervention	No intervention has been applied
Kinesio tape group	Kinesio tape application	Kinesio tape application has been applied
Sham group	Sham Kinesio tape application	Sham kinesio tape application has been applied

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The severity of menstrual pain assessed with Visual Analog Scale	An average of 2 weeks	A 10-cm Visual Analog Scale anchored from zero (no pain at all) to 10 (the worst pain I have ever felt) was used to determine the severity of each subject's menstrual pain.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The complaints related to menstruation will be evaluated by a form prepared by the researchers	An average of 2 weeks	The form assessing the complaints related to menstruation will be evaluated existing complaints affect the patient and expressed as, no, little, mederate, very.
The level of anxiety will be evaluated with The Spielberger State Trait Anxiety Inventory	An average of 2 weeks	The Spielberger State Trait Anxiety Inventory is a 40-item self-report inventory designed to measure both state anxiety section (current feelings of apprehension, worry, etc.) and trait anxiety section (continuous feelings of apprehension, worry, etc.). Each section is scored on four levels of anxiety intensity from 1="not at all" to 4="very much" and with a sum score between 20 and 80. A higher total score indicates more severe anxiety level.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey