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Effects of Acupressure at Sanyinjiao Point on Primary Dysmenorrhea Among University Students.

NCT05938660 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2023-07-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this non-invasive interventional study is to explore the university students' experience of living with primary dysmenorrhea and evaluate the effect of acupuncture at the Sanyinjiao point on their physiological discomfort. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Is there any difference in pain before and after the intervention of the Sanyinjiao point acupressure for dysmenorrhea among female college students?
* Is there any difference in the average number of Menstrual Distress Questionnaire scale before and after Sanyinjiao acupressure in female college students with dysmenorrhea? Participants will be acupressure at Sanyinjiao point triple times during the study.

Conditions

  • Primary Dysmenorrhea
  • Acupuncture

Interventions

OTHER

acupressure at Sanyinjiao point

When pressing Sanyinjiao point, the subject should be in a comfortable sitting position. Press the acupoints with the thumb until the subject feels soreness, then press and knead in a circle according to the strength acceptable to the subject. Press and knead once a second, and rest for 1 second every 5 seconds are one cycle, the speed is 10 cycles/minute, and it lasts for five minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Asia University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nai-Huan Hsiung, PhD · Assistant Professor

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-11-22
Primary Completion
2023-07-31
Completion
2023-08-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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