Acupressure Mat on Perceived Stress, Sleep Quality and Premenstrual Symptoms

Gulhane School of Medicine

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Premenstrual Symptoms; Effect of Acupressure Mat

Treatments: Other: Acupresure mat; Other: Basic mat

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06644365

2024

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose of the study: To examine the effect of acupressure mat on perceived stress, sleep quality and premenstrual symptoms in students with premenstrual syndrome.

Hypotheses of the study;

In the post-test and follow-up test between students who were applied acupressure mat and those who were applied plain mat;

H10: There is no difference in terms of severity of premenstrual symptoms.

H20: There is no difference in terms of perceived stress.

H30: There is no difference in terms of sleep quality.

Enrollment: 42 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Using medication and/or non-medical methods to cope with PMS
• Having any gynecological disease (abnormal uterine bleeding, myoma, ovarian cyst, etc.)
• Using contraceptive medication.

Exclusion criteria

• Participants wanting to withdraw from the study at any stage of the study
• Participants not complying with the research plan
• Diagnosed with a psychiatric or gynecological disease during the study
• Participants starting to receive additional treatment for PMS during the study period

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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42 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

control group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Students will be given a placebo exercise on a flat yoga/exercise mat on the same days, in the same way and for the same duration as the intervention group.

Treatment:

Other: Basic mat

intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

They will be asked to lie on the acupressure mat for 15 minutes once a day, 3 days a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday). A reminder message will be sent on the morning of the application so that participants do not forget and are motivated. After each application, participants will be asked to fill out the session monitoring chart.

Treatment:

Other: Acupresure mat