Health Condition 1: N80-N98- Noninflammatory disorders of female genital tract
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: INDIVIDUALISED HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINE: All the patient s symptoms and written information will be recorded in standard proforma that are used in NIH Kolkata. All the cases will be repert
Sponsors
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HOMOEOPATHY
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Female participants between the ages of 16 years to 40 years age 2. Participants from all the religion and all socio-economic status. 3. Participants who are willing to take part in the study, and to do necessary laboratory investigations. 4. Participants who are willing to give written consent and assent for the study. 5. Participants who are willing for regular follow ups during study. 6. Participants who are able to read, write or understand Bengali or Hindi or English language. 7. Participants fulfilling the Diagnostic criteria as per ACOG for Premenstrual syndrome.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Participants who are too sick for consultation. 2. Participants not willing to take part in the study, to do necessary laboratory investigations and not ready to give written consent and assent for the same. 3. Diagnosed cases of unstable mental or psychiatric illness or other uncontrolled or life-threatening illness affecting quality of life or any organ failure. 4. Lactating or Pregnant Women Or women on OCPs 5. Participants with substance abuse and/or dependence. 6. Female suffering from any pelvic pathology. 7. Undergoing Homoeopathic treatment for any chronic disease or treatment of premenstrual syndrome from other physician for last 6 months.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The Premenstrual syndrome scale (PMSS) is a popular scale used in many studies for assessment of severity of symptoms felt by a female during premenstrual syndrome. This scale is based on DSM III and DSM IV-R criteria. Its contains three aspects of symptoms, mainly physiological symptoms, psychological symptoms and behavioral symptoms having 16, 12, 12 items respectively, making it 40 item in total which works on a five-point Likert scale with higher scores indicating more severe symptoms. For each item there are 5 alternatives (1-never, 2-rarely, 3-sometimes, 4-very often, 5-always) Timepoint: at the baseline and after 6 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) is a classic stress assessment instrument. The tool, while originally developed in 1983, remains a popular choice for helping us understand how different situations affect our feelings and our perceived stress. The questions in this scale ask about your feelings and thoughts during the last month. There is total number of 10 questions. For each There will be four alternatives {0 - never 1 -almost never 2 - sometimes 3 - fairly often 4 - very often}, individual score ranges from 0-40. Scores ranging from 0-13 would be considered low stress. Scores ranging from 14-26 would be considered moderate stress. Scores ranging from 27-40 would be considered high perceived stressTimepoint: at the baseline and after 6 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr SYED AFSAR ALI
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HOMOEOPATHY
Outcome results
None listed