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Auriculotherapy in the Cares to the Premenstrual Syndrome

NCT01782040 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2013-02-01

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Summary

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a collection of physical and emotional symptoms related to a woman's menstrual cycle. These symptoms occurring only during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle that are of sufficient severity to interfere with some aspects of life of these women, reflecting also in interpersonal relationships, workplace and in their productivity. For these reasons, this research was conducted with the nursing staff of the Samaritan Hospital in order to verify the effectiveness of auricular acupuncture to alleviate some of the symptoms of PMS.

Conditions

  • Premenstrual Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

Auriculotherapy group

It was used semipermanent needles (1.5mm) to stimulate points, once on a week, during 8 sessions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sociedade Hospital Samaritano

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Leonice FS Kurebayashi, Ms · São Paulo University

  • Rafael FB Homo · University of Sao Paulo

  • Ana LL Giaponesi · Samaritan Hospital

  • Maria JP Silva, Phd · University of Sao Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
44 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2012-07-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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