Effectiveness of Pain Neuroscience Education in Women With Menstrual Pain

Summary

Menstruation is the bleeding that starts with menarche and continues until menopause, along with hormonal changes in women of reproductive age, and is shed as the endometrium matures and is shed. Menstruation, which covers 30-35 years of a woman's life and occurs regularly every month, is a physiological process. Menstrual cycle problems are a condition that affects health and society all over the world and causes treatment to be sought. It is one of the most common menstrual cycle problems.

Dysmenorrhea is used synonymously with menstrual pain in clinics and practice. It is stated that approximately 40-50% of women experience dysmenorrhea and that it is more common in adolescents. Dysmenorrhea is a symptom that causes changes in women's physical activities and social roles, leading to a decrease in their quality of life. Dysmenorrhea usually manifests itself with symptoms such as pain and cramps in the back and lower abdomen, as well as nausea, vomiting, fatigue, irritability, appetite changes, diarrhea, and headache.

According to the literature, among the choices of women to cope with dysmenorrhea, manipulative and body-based practices (massage, relaxation exercises, acupuncture, aromatherapy, hot-cold applications, etc.), mind-body-based practices (meditation, yoga, hypnotherapy, hypnosis, music therapy, etc.), vitamin-mineral supplements and herbal therapies (vitamins B and E, magnesium, zinc, fennel/rose tea, black cohosh, etc.) and exercise programs are seen to be effective.

Conditions

• Pain Management
• Dysmenorrhea (Disorder)

Interventions

OTHER

Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE)

PNE was planned online for clients 1 week before menstruation in the form of speaking sessions in a presentation format. The training will be conveyed in relation to pain during menstruation. Visual aids, examples and metaphors will be used to improve patient understanding in the training. Ankle sprain picture, speeding bus picture, action potential picture, picture showing membrane resting potential, rusty nail picture, whole body nervous system picture, neuromatrix picture, lion and lion cub picture that helps explain stress responses, curious neighbors picture etc. will be used. The training session is planned to last between 2 and 4 hours. The distribution of pain neuroscience training topics will be implemented in the order given below, with 10 main headings. * Pain and the Biopsychosocial Model * Injury and pain are not equivalent, pain is a brain output rather than an input * Action potential, normal electrical activity of nerves and conduction * Biological process of ion chann

OTHER

Control Group (CG)

The control group will not receive any training or practice.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Uskudar University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• osman coban, Asst Prof. · Uskudar University

• cigdem inkaya, PT · Uskudar University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

TRIPLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-10-01

Primary Completion

2025-01-31

Completion

2025-02-01

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations