Premenstrual Syndrome in Young Women With Eight Weeks of Aerobic Exercise

NCT ID: NCT05198115

Last Updated: 2022-02-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 50 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-02-25
• Study Completion Date: 2022-04-30

Brief Summary

The premenstrual syndrome includes physical and psychological symptoms that occur at the end menstrual cycle and exercise is one of the ways to reduce symptoms. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a regular 8-week aerobic exercise program on psychological symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.

Detailed Description

Premenstrual syndrome is characterized by the presence of both physical and behavioral (including affective) symptoms that occur repetitively in the second half of the menstrual cycle and interfere with some aspects of the woman's life(1). The core symptoms of PMS include affective symptoms, such as irritability, depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms, such as breast pain, bloating, swelling, and headache (2). Women with moderate to severe PMS symptoms had a reduction in health-related quality of life(3) and work productivity, increased work absenteeism, and visits to ambulatory healthcare providers (4), so the treatment of this syndrome is essential.

Conditions

Aerobic Exercise; Premenstrual Syndrome

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Aerobic group

The intervention consisted of aerobic exercise training, which was taught to participants face-to-face at a meeting. At the end of the session, we provided the intervention group with CDs and educational posters containing all the exercises

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

aerobic exercise

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

aerobic training for 8 weeks, 3 times a week, and 60 min each time

Eight Weeks of Aerobic Exercise

The control group was subjected to all the pre-and post-assessments but were not asked to perform the exercise intervention. Instead, we phone-called them to give a reminder for filling out the questionnaires.

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

aerobic exercise

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

aerobic training for 8 weeks, 3 times a week, and 60 min each time

Interventions

aerobic exercise

aerobic training for 8 weeks, 3 times a week, and 60 min each time

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• young women aged 18-25 years with a body mass index (BMI): 18-25 kg/m2, having regular menstrual cycles of 23-35 days duration, no previous practice of aerobic exercise, free from musculoskeletal injury, not using oral contraceptive pills or taking any psychotropic agents, having no depression or genital tract diseases

Exclusion Criteria

• pregnancy, contraindications to physical exercise, metabolic or cardiorespiratory illness, cigarette smokers, women who recover from a major injury or using anti-inflammatory, hyperlipidemia or hypertension medications, any abnormality in ovulation, and women with diabetes mellitus, thyroid, pituitary, or ovarian disorders

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 25 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Al-Azhar University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Ahmed Said Ali

dr ahmedsaidali MCs candidate Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

3574

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id