Acupressure and Training for Coping With PMS
Adiyaman University School of Health
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.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
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
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Adıyaman, Turkey, 02100
- DİDEM
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Malatya, Turkey, 02100
- ınönü Universty
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
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
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
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Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: 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.
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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.
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Experimental: 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.
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.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
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No Intervention: 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.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
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The Effects of Health Belief Model-Based Training for Coping with Premenstrual Syndrome and Acupressure on Premenstrual Symptoms and Quality of Life
Time Frame: 10 month
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The premenstrual syndrome scale,The lowest score to be taken from the scale is 44 and the highest score is 220.
High score shows an increase in the intensity of the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.
If the total scale score is higher than 50% (110) of the highest score (220) in PMS scale, PMS is considered as "present".In the calculation of WHOQOL-BREF scoring, 1st and 2nd items are evaluated independently while the answers obtained from the 3rd, 4th, 26th and 27th questions are reversely scored since they indicate negative statements.
The scale does not have a total score.
Higher scores obtained from the subscales of the scale indicate that the quality of life level is high.
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10 month
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Didem Simsek Kucukkelepce, phd, World Health Organization
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- Adiyaman Universty
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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