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Effectiveness of Additional Self-care Acupressure for Women With Menstrual Pain Compared to Usual Care Alone

NCT01582724 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 220

Last updated 2015-08-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of additional self-care acupressure in women with menstrual pain compared to usual care alone.

Conditions

  • Menstrual Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Self-care acupressure at three predefined points

Self-care acupressure, one minute for each point, starting 5 days before menstruation, once up to twice daily; when pain is present: twice daily up to five times

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Karl and Veronica Carstens Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Charite University, Berlin, Germany

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Claudia M Witt, MD · Institue of Social Science, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center Berlin Germany

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-12-31
Primary Completion
2014-09-30
Completion
2015-03-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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