Investigation of the Effectiveness of Structured Education According to Premenstrual Syndrome Symptom Map

Sakarya University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Education; Menstrual Cycle Disorder; Premenstrual Syndromes

Treatments: Behavioral: Structured training according to premenstrual syndrome symptom map

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06585475

23.08.2024

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the training structured according to the PMS symptom map. This experimental (randomised-controlled) study was conducted with women of reproductive age with PMS. Women who met the inclusion criteria and volunteered to participate in the study constituted the sample of the study. As a result of block randomisation, 55 women were assigned to the intervention group and 55 women to the control group. Pre-test data were collected from the women allocated to the intervention and control groups by means of data collection tools (VAS pain scoring, DAS depression stress anxiety assessment scale, Premenstrual syndrome assessment scale and premenstrual syndrome-specific life satisfaction scale). The intervention group received a 3-session structured training according to the PMS symptom map, while the control group did not receive any intervention. Women in the intervention group completed the post-test data on the last day of the 2nd cycle after the training, while women in the control group completed the post-test data on the last day of the 2nd cycle after the pre-test.

Enrollment: 101 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 49 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Meeting ACOG's PMS diagnostic criteria Being over 18 years of age, Not using psychotherapeutic medications, Not having a mental illness, Not being pregnant, Agreeing to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Not having regular menstruation in the last 3 months, Using analgesics during menstruation while participating in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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101 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group received a 3-session PMS symptom map-structured training by the responsible and first author (ADK). Before the training, pre-test data were collected using data collection tools (VAS pain scoring, DAS depression stress anxiety assessment scale, premenstrual syndrome assessment scale and premenstrual syndrome-specific life satisfaction scale). After the training, post-test data were collected on the last day of the 1nd cycle.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Structured training according to premenstrual syndrome symptom map

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention was applied to the control group. After the participants were divided into groups by randomization, pre-test data were collected using data collection tools (VAS pain scoring, DAS depression stress anxiety rating scale, premenstrual syndrome rating scale and premenstrual syndrome specific life satisfaction scale). After the pre-test, post-test data were collected on the last day of the cycle after 1 menstrual cycles.