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Impact of Western Acupuncture versus Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in Adult females on the symptoms associated with pain during menstruation

Effectiveness of Western Acupuncture vs Traditional Chinese Medicine based Acupuncture on the symptoms associated with dysmenorrhea in young female adults with primary Dysmenorrhea: An open label, parallel arm, randomized control trial - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2023/11/059390
Enrollment
50
Registered
2023-11-01
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-11-13

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Acupuncture: The experimental group will be given traditional Chinese style Acupuncture for 10 days before the menses and Another 10 days session of acupuncture for reinforcement before

Sponsors

Dr Adivarna Pareek
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Females aged between 18 and 25 years Regular menstrual cycle with cycle duration between 28±7days for last 3 months Menstrual pain rated as 3 or more in a Visual analog scale score for pain at the time of screening A diagnosis of PD as per the Primary dysmenorrhea consensus guidelines

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Participants with any known history of any systemic pathology or known medical history of any gynecological diseases Known case of secondary dysmenorrhea Participants who are using oral contraceptive pills or under any other hormonal therapies for the past 3 months. Known cases of psychiatric illness

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Retrospective Symptom ScaleTimepoint: The variable will be measured before the intervention given and on 2nd day of 1st month , 2nd month and 3rd month during luteal phase

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Epworth Daytime Sleepiness scale VAS , Generalized self-Efficacy Questionnaire, SF-12 Health related Quality of Life QuestionnaireTimepoint: The variable will be measured before the intervention given and on 2nd day of 1st month , 2nd month and 3rd month during luteal phase

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Bhavit Bansal

Madhya Pradesh Medical Science University Jabalpur

shmcnys.bhavit@gmail.com7597733931

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026