The evaluation of effect of acupressure on primary dysmenorrheal

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• Conditions: primary dysmenorrhea.; Pain and other conditions associated with female genital organs and menstrual cycle

• Registration Number: IRCT138808272731N1
• Lead Sponsor: Tarbait Modares University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 22 February 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

age 18-21 years, having regular menstrual cycles (duration of 3-8 days and interval of 21-35 days). presence of moderate to severe pain i.e. a score of 4 or more on a wrong-Baker faces pain scale, presence of symptoms of liver channel, presence of fix or sharp pain in lower abdomen for 1-2 day prior to onset of menstruation, distension feel in abdomen and breast, presence of dark-colored menstruation with clotting, irritability or depression and sometimes sleeplessness prior to onset of menstruation, tongue with red-colored seed, worsening the pain with pressure on abdominal), no prior history of gynecological disease or abdominal or pelvic surgery, no pain during menstrual cycle or menstruation duration, 2 hours after meal
Exclusion criteria: history of mental stress in last 6 month especially having moderate to severe level of depression (score of 19 or more in beck-21 inventory), taking analgesics during 4 hours before intervention, menstruation cycle lower than 25 days or more than 35 days, use of tobacco products, or alcohol, presence of verbal, audible, mental problems, heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, asthma, hyperthyroid or hypothyroid, or respiratory disease, presence of scar or inflammatory disease in acupoint.

Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
iver channel symptoms. Timepoint: first and fourth cycles. Method of measurement: liver channel symptoms questionnare-interview to patient.;Severity of dysmenorrhea. Timepoint: first and fourth cycles. Method of measurement: multidimensional scoring system -interview with patient.;Pain severity. Timepoint: monthly. Method of measurement: wrong-Baker faces pain scale-interview to patient.;Pain duration. Timepoint: monthly. Method of measurement: questionnare-interview to patient.