Acupressure and Training for Coping With PMS

NCT03899207 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Adiyaman Universty
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 199
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

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.

Conditions

Premenstrual Syndrome; Acupressure

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The Effects of Health Belief Model-Based Training for Coping with Premenstrual Syndrome and Acupressure on Premenstrual Symptoms and Quality of Life

  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.

  10 month

Study Arms (3)

training +acupressure

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Other: training

training

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Other: training +acupressure

control

NO INTERVENTION

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.

Interventions

training +acupressure 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

training

training 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 +acupressure

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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.

You may not qualify if:

• having any psychiatric diagnosis having any gynecological diseases

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Adiyaman University Research Hospital: lead

Study Sites (2)

DİDEM

Adıyaman, 02100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

ınönü Universty

Malatya, 02100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Premenstrual Syndrome

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Menstruation Disturbances; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Didem Simsek Kucukkelepce, phd

  World Health Organization

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Adiyaman Universty

Model Details: randomize control trail

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 20, 2019
• First Posted: April 2, 2019
• Study Start: June 30, 2017
• Primary Completion: November 20, 2017
• Study Completion: April 20, 2018
• Last Updated: August 28, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (2)