The effect of cognitive behavioral therapy on health promoting lifestyle in students with premenstrual syndrome

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20240813062743N1

Enrollment

Registered

2024-08-24

Start date

2024-12-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-08-26

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Conditions

Premenstrual syndrome.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: The first intervention group: cognitive behavioral counseling for 8 sessions and the duration of each session is 60 minutes. group. Intervention 2: Control group:

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Age

18 Years to 30 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age 18-30 years Single Suffering from moderate and severe type of premenstrual syndrome Having regular menstruation with intervals of 24-35 days Obtaining a score of less than 156 from the health promoting lifestyle questionnaire

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The presence of mental stress in the last three months, such as the death of relatives Surgery (Surgeries that require sedation during the recovery period and uterus and ovary surgery or operations that require chemotherapy or radiation therapy afterwards.) Suffering from physical diseases Abnormal bleeding History of mental illness Taking antidepressants Taking hormonal drugs Having regular sports activity Any specific treatment for Premenstrual syndrome( PMS)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Cognitive-behavioral counseling on reducing premenstrual syndrome by filling out the premenstrual syndrome questionnaire and reducing the behavioral, psychological and physical symptoms of this syndrome- and the effect of this counseling on lifestyle and changing dimensions and spiritual growth and self-fulfillment, responsibility in health, relationships between Individual, stress management, physical activity and nutrition by filling in the questionnaire of Walker et al. Timepoint: . Before the start of the intervention, immediately after the start of the intervention, one month and two months after the intervention, the effect of cognitive behavioral counseling on the dimensions of premenstrual syndrome. Method of measurement: PSST premenstrual syndrome questionnaire [2]: This questionnaire has two parts and 19 questions, the first part contains 14 questions about mood-behavioral and physical symptoms, and the second part contains 5 questions about the effect of premenstrual symptoms on performance. It examines people's lives. In this questionnaire, 4 main criteria are mentioned for each question: not at all, mild, moderate and severe, which are scored based on a Likert scale from 0 to 3. For each question, 4 criteria were mentioned: not at all, mild, moderate and severe, which were graded from 0 to 3. In order to diagnose moderate or severe PMS, the following three conditions must be present together: 1- From options 1 to 4, at least one case should be moderate or severe, 2- In addition to the previous case, from options 1 to 14, at least 4 cases should be moderate or severe and 3- In the section on the impact of symptoms on life (the last 5 options), there should be a moderate or severe case. In order to diagnose PMDD, the following three conditions must be present together: 1- From options 1 to 4, at least one case should be severe. 2- In addition to In the previous case, from options 1 to 14, at least 4 cases should be moderate or severe, and 3- there shoul	—

Measure

Time frame

Cognitive-behavioral counseling on reducing premenstrual syndrome by filling out the premenstrual syndrome questionnaire and reducing the behavioral, psychological and physical symptoms of this syndrome- and the effect of this counseling on lifestyle and changing dimensions and spiritual growth and self-fulfillment, responsibility in health, relationships between Individual, stress management, physical activity and nutrition by filling in the questionnaire of Walker et al. Timepoint: . Before the start of the intervention, immediately after the start of the intervention, one month and two months after the intervention, the effect of cognitive behavioral counseling on the dimensions of premenstrual syndrome. Method of measurement: PSST premenstrual syndrome questionnaire [2]: This questionnaire has two parts and 19 questions, the first part contains 14 questions about mood-behavioral and physical symptoms, and the second part contains 5 questions about the effect of premenstrual symptoms on performance. It examines people's lives. In this questionnaire, 4 main criteria are mentioned for each question: not at all, mild, moderate and severe, which are scored based on a Likert scale from 0 to 3. For each question, 4 criteria were mentioned: not at all, mild, moderate and severe, which were graded from 0 to 3. In order to diagnose moderate or severe PMS, the following three conditions must be present together: 1- From options 1 to 4, at least one case should be moderate or severe, 2- In addition to the previous case, from options 1 to 14, at least 4 cases should be moderate or severe and 3- In the section on the impact of symptoms on life (the last 5 options), there should be a moderate or severe case. In order to diagnose PMDD, the following three conditions must be present together: 1- From options 1 to 4, at least one case should be severe. 2- In addition to In the previous case, from options 1 to 14, at least 4 cases should be moderate or severe, and 3- there shoul

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactAzadeh Moteraghi

Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences

moteraghi.a@ajums.ac.ir+98 61 5283 6152

Outcome results

None listed

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