effectiveness of Asana,Pranayama ,Kapalabhathi,meditation & Sapthasaram kashaya to Sapthasara kashaya alone in reducing the pain & associated symptoms of painful menstruation among working women aged 18-35 years
- Conditions
- Primary dysmenorrhea. Ayurveda Condition: UDAVARTINI,
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/03/050476
- Lead Sponsor
- Government Ayurveda Medical College Thiruvananthapuram
- Brief Summary
Dysmenorrhoea is painful menstruation whichincapacitate her day to day activities.UdavarthaYoni vyapath mentioned in Ayurveda resembles primary dysmenorrhea.RandomizedControlled Trail will be done.106 working women withmoderate to severe primary dymenorrhoea each will be randomly allocated intostudy and control groups by allocation concealment.Group1 will be given selected Yogic techniques-from 5th day of eachmenstrual cycle namely Asanas ,Pranayama, Sadkarma, Meditation. Yoga will becontinued for 3 consecutive months. Each month 10 sachets of 48 g Sapthasaram kashaya churnawith 5 gm of hingu will be provided for both groups. Each month both groups hasto prepare 98ml Sapthasaram kashaya with 500 mg hingu as anupana and has totake kashaya 7 days prior tomenstruation and on 3 days of menstruation. Sapthasara kashaya with hingu willbe continued for 3 consecutive months.The pain and associated symptoms of Primary dysmenorrhoea in both groups will be assessedBT,AT,AF on 0th day,90th day,180th day. The change in Quality of life in bothgroups will be assessed BT,AT,AF on 0th day,90th day,180thday.TheQuality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire - Short Form(Q-LES-Q-SF) a 16 item self-administeredquestionnaire that captures life satisfaction over the past week will be usedto assess QOL.Statisticalanalysis will be done using appropriate statistical tests- Comparisonof quantitative variables between two group will be analyzed by **Unpaired ttest** or **Mann Whitney U test** according to the nature of the data. Comparisonof qualitative variables between two group will be analyzed by **Chi squaretest**. Dataanalysis will be performed using SPSS version 16. **Analysis of variance (R M ANOVA)** will be used to assess anydifferences in Qâ€LESâ€Qâ€SF scores
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Not Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 212
1.working women with moderate to severe painful menstruation without any evident pelvic pathology 2.working women in age group 18-35 years 3.working women with at least 4 painful menstrual cycles during previous months 4.having informed consent from institution and from patient 5.subjects having regular menstrual cycles.
1.subjects who are not willing to do yoga 2.subjects with known cases of PID, DUB, any pelvic pathology 3.subjects with known cases of severe systemic illness and anatomical defects 4.subjects on oral contraceptive pillls 5.subjects having irregular menstrual cycle 6.subjects having malignancy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 8.Constipation Assessment | before intervention 0th day | after the intervention 90th day | after follow up 180th day 1.Intensity of pain Assessment | before intervention 0th day | after the intervention 90th day | after follow up 180th day 2.Duration of pain Assessment | before intervention 0th day | after the intervention 90th day | after follow up 180th day 3.Nausea Assessment | before intervention 0th day | after the intervention 90th day | after follow up 180th day 4.Vomiting Assessment | before intervention 0th day | after the intervention 90th day | after follow up 180th day 7.Diarrhoea Assessment | before intervention 0th day | after the intervention 90th day | after follow up 180th day 5.Irritability Assessment | before intervention 0th day | after the intervention 90th day | after follow up 180th day 6.Headache Assessment | before intervention 0th day | after the intervention 90th day | after follow up 180th day
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life assessed using Q-LES-Q-SF Quality of life assessed
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Govt Ayurveda Panchakarma Hospital ,Pujapura
🇮🇳Thiruvananthapuram, KERALA, India
Govt Ayurveda Panchakarma Hospital ,Pujapura🇮🇳Thiruvananthapuram, KERALA, IndiaDR JAYAN DPrincipal investigator9447104383smithamaryshine@yahoo.co.in