Foot Reflexology on Premenstrual Syndrome

NCT04348201 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: Cairo Un 89
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

: Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) is a set of physical, emotional and behavioral symptom that start during the week preceding menstruation and are alleviated when the menstrual flow begins. Reflexology is one of the most popular complementary therapies

Conditions

Reflexology; Dietary Modification

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Visual analogue scale

  was used to measure the severity of pain for each female in both groups (A, B) before and after the treatment according to 5 cm calibrated line with 0 (zero) representing no pain and 5 representing worst pain, each female in both groups (A\&B) would be asked to mark on the line that represents her level of pain before and after treatment.

  8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Premenstrual daily symptoms questionnaire

  8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

foot reflexology

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

foot reflexology session which takes about 20 minutes.

Other: foot reflexology

dietary modification

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

diet must be rich in vitamins.

Dietary Supplement: dietary modification

Interventions

foot reflexology OTHER

foot reflexology session which takes about 20 minutes. The position of the patient during reflexology session was a relaxed comfortable supine lying position. The therapist was sitting position at the level of the feet. The Session of reflexology was done on three points at both feet.

foot reflexology

dietary modification DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

diet must be rich in vitamins as fish and beans, calcium as milk and chess, low fat food through decrease oil in meals, high fiber food through all types of vegetables and fruits and restrict caffeine

dietary modification

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 50 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• their age ranged from 18 to 25 years old
• their body mass index (BMI) did not exceed 30kg/m2

You may not qualify if:

• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Bronchial asthma
• depression
• anxiety

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Diet Therapy

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Nutrition Therapy; Therapeutics

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: assistant professor Department of Physical Therapy for Women's Health, Faculty of Physical therapy, Cairo University, Egypt

Model Details: Fifty volunteer, single females with premenstrual syndrome (PMS) were selected randomly from outpatient clinic of obstetrics and gynecology at Kasr El Ainy University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University to share in this study, their age ranged from 18 to 25 years old and their body mass index (BMI) did not exceed 30kg/m2, the participants were assigned into two groups of equal numbers. The group (A) received therapeutic foot reflexology with dietary modification 3 times/week for8 weeks, while the group (B) received dietary modifications only for 8 weeks

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 10, 2020
• First Posted: April 16, 2020
• Study Start: June 24, 2010
• Primary Completion: January 30, 2020
• Study Completion: January 30, 2020
• Last Updated: April 17, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-04