Acupressure and Training for Coping With PMS

NCT ID: NCT03899207

Last Updated: 2019-08-28

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 199 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2017-06-30
• Study Completion Date: 2018-04-20

Brief Summary

The study was conducted to determine the effect of acupressure and training, given to women under the guidance of health belief model for coping with premenstrual syndrome, on the premenstrual symptoms and quality of life.

This study was conducted to as a randomized controlled trial. The population of the study was composed of all women with PMS registered in FHCs no. 4 and 14 located in the city center. The sample of the study consisted of women including 51 women in training +acupressure group, 55 women in training group and 57 women in control group. The data were collected with Participant Information Form, PMSS and WHOQOL-BREF in the study. Training and acupressure were administered to the acupressure + training group. Only the training for coping with premenstrual syndrome was given to the training group. The data collection forms were reapplied to all groups 12 weeks after the pretest.

Detailed Description

Premenstrual Syndrome is an important collection of symptoms affecting approximately one-fifth of women in reproductive age.

Acupressure is an intervention found in the nursing intervention system and defined as applying constant and powerful pressure on certain/specific points of the body in order to reduce pain, provide relaxation and relief, and to prevent or reduce nausea. Many studies conducted in gynecology have shown that acupressure decreased menstrual distress, premenstrual symptoms, back pain in women experiencing dysmenorrhea, labor pain and nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. In addition, it was shown in the studies that training given for PMS decreased the premenstrual symptoms

Conditions

Premenstrual Syndrome; Acupressure

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

training +acupressure

In the training+acupressure group, 10 women were excluded from the study since they could not participate in acupressure application at different times, 2 women were excluded since they had menstrual irregularities and 4 women were excluded since they could not be contacted.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Training Group; received the training for coping with PMS prepared under the guidance of HBM and "The Booklet of Training for Coping with Premenstrual Symptoms" including information about the training given. One month after the first home visit, reminder training was given to the women.

training

In the training group, 4 women were excluded since they did not participate in the reminder training, 1 woman was excluded since she had menstrual irregularities, 3 women were excluded since they wanted to withdraw from the study and 3 women were excluded from the study since they could not be contacted.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

training +acupressure

Intervention Type: OTHER

.Training+acupressure group; received training for coping with PMS prepared under the guidance of HBM and "The Booklet of Training for Coping with Premenstrual Symptoms" including information about the training given. In addition to the training, acupressure was applied by the researcher twice a week and 24 times in total. Acupressure application was continued with the same frequency until the end of the study (24 times in total for 3 months). One month after the first home visit, reminder training for coping with premenstrual symptoms was given to the women

control

In the control group, 4 women were excluded from the study since they could not be reached and 5 women were excluded since they did not agree to participate in the posttest.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

training +acupressure

.Training+acupressure group; received training for coping with PMS prepared under the guidance of HBM and "The Booklet of Training for Coping with Premenstrual Symptoms" including information about the training given. In addition to the training, acupressure was applied by the researcher twice a week and 24 times in total. Acupressure application was continued with the same frequency until the end of the study (24 times in total for 3 months). One month after the first home visit, reminder training for coping with premenstrual symptoms was given to the women

Intervention Type: OTHER

training

Training Group; received the training for coping with PMS prepared under the guidance of HBM and "The Booklet of Training for Coping with Premenstrual Symptoms" including information about the training given. One month after the first home visit, reminder training was given to the women.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Having regular menstruation (between 21-35 days),

not having any psychiatric diagnosis or any gynecological diseases

not using contraceptives,

not having tissue deformity in the extremities.

Exclusion Criteria

having any psychiatric diagnosis having any gynecological diseases

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Adiyaman University Research Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Didem Kucukkelepce

Adiyaman Universty

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Didem Simsek Kucukkelepce, phd

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

World Health Organization

Locations

DİDEM

Adıyaman, , Turkey (Türkiye)

ınönü Universty

Malatya, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

Adiyaman Universty

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id