Comparison of the effect of vitamin E and performance of acupressure and mix them together on the severity of dysmenorrhea in adolescent girls.
- Conditions
- primary dysmenorrhea.primary dysmenorrhea
- Registration Number
- IRCT2017012130214N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, Urmia University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 160
Unmarried and age range 14-18; Regular menstruation with 21-35 days interval with early dysmenorrhea with mediocre severity based on visual analogue scale; Pain starting few hours before menstruation and lasts until the fifth day; No chronic disease; No symptom of itching, irritation, abnormal vaginal secretion or any special women’s disease; Not using drugs like contraceptive and anti-inflammations; No stressors (divorce, loss of blood relatives) in past six months; No special diet (vegetarian, raw vegetarian); Desire to participate; No fracture and inflammation in acupunture point hegu.
Exclusion criteria: Leaving the study for whatever reason; Development of the stressors noted in inclusion criteria; Development of any type of disease that needs long-term or permanent drug/food supplements/vitamin intervention; Irregular use of medical intervention throughout the study; Fracture and inflammation at the acupoint.
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary dysmenorrea. Timepoint: Before and three months after intervention. Method of measurement: Visual analogue scale and Verbal multidimensional system.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The duration of dysmenorrhea. Timepoint: In three consecutive menstrual cycles. Method of measurement: In hours.