The effectiveness of calcium with magnesium and only calcium on the pain severity and resting lenght with primary dysmenorrhea
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- primary dysmenorrhea.primary dysmenorrhea
- Registration Number
- IRCT201202013706N10
- Lead Sponsor
- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Aras branch
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Single students aged 18-34 years residing in Aras dormitory, having primary dysmenorrhea, regular and painful menstruation in previous 1 year with pain score equal or more than 5 according to visual analogue scale (medium to severe dysmenorrhea); consent to participate the study
Exclusion criteria: Known serious diseases like epilepsy, severe digestive disorders, cardiovascular or renal diseases, pelvic inflammatory diseases; consumption of oral contraceptive pills in previous 6 months or desire to take them during study; allergy to NSAIDs.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mean severity of menstrual pain. Timepoint: for 2 months after intervention, 1 day before starting mensturation tol 3 days after it, measured once every 6 hours. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.;Resting length due to dysmenorhea. Timepoint: for 2 months after intervention. Method of measurement: daily recording of resting length by the participants on a form.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Symptom Severity during Mensturation. Timepoint: during 2 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Symptom Severity Scale.;Need to take additional pain relief drug for dysmenorrhea. Timepoint: for two months after starting intervention. Method of measurement: No of Mephenamic Capules used.;Volume of menstural bleeding. Timepoint: for two months after starting intervention. Method of measurement: Higham table.