The Effect of Kegel Exercise in Nursing Students With Primary Dysmenorrhoea

Gümüşhane Universıty

Status: Completed

Conditions: Primary Dysmenorrhea

Treatments: Behavioral: Kegel Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06225102

GU-SBF-OPA-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, it was aimed to determine the effect of kegel exercise on menstruation symptoms, severity of dysmenorrheic symptoms and quality of life in nursing students with primary dysmenorrhea. The study was conducted as a single-blind randomized controlled trial.

Full description

The study was conducted in a single-blind randomized controlled trial with 89 nursing students with primary dysmenorrhea. The experimental group was given kegel exercise training online, and after the training, a message was sent to remind them to do kegel exercises three times a day during the follow-up. No intervention was made in the control group.

Hypotheses of the Research

VAS total scores in interventions involving kegel exercise training and regular kegel exercise are lower than control interval rates (H1). The total score of the Menstruation Symptom Scale within the participants who participated in kegel exercise training and regular kegel exercise was recorded, at lower rates than the distribution of control intervals (H1). The Severity of Dysmenorrheic Symptoms in participants who participated in kegel exercise training and regular kegel exercise interventions were lower than the distribution of control intervals (H1). The total scores of the Quality of Life Scale among those who participated in kegel exercise training and regular kegel exercises were higher than the proportions of the controlled rankings (H1).

Enrollment: 89 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• be between the ages of 18-25
• Giving 6 points or more to the least menstruation pain on the day that individuals experience the most severe dysmenorrhea symptoms (VAS) out of 10 points on the VAS Visual Pain Scale
• Being Nulliparous (never giving birth)
• Regular menstruation for the last six months
• Not having any gynecological diagnosis
• Not having had a gynecological operation
• Volunteering to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Being a man
• Being married
• Being diagnosed with secondary dysmenorrhea
• Giving menstruation pain less than 6 points out of 10 on the VAS Visual Pain Scale.
• Taking painkillers 12 hours before the assessments.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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89 participants in 2 patient groups

experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group was first given training on the definition of kegel exercises, diagnostic criteria, treatment, benefits and how to do kegel exercises on the Zoom platform. A second meeting was held for the participants of the initiative group who could not attend this training. At the same time, a message was sent to the WhatsApp application group where the intervention group was located three times a day by the researchers to remind them to do kegel exercises in the morning, noon and evening.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Kegel Exercise

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention was made in the control group