Primary Dysmenorrhea
Conditions
Keywords
Primary Dysmenorrhea, Deqi, acupuncture, psychology
Brief summary
The objective of this study is to evaluate the associations between deqi, the effects of acupuncture and personality in primary dysmenorrhea and to characterize the nature of the deqi phenomenon on terms of the prevalence of sensations as well as the uniqueness of the sensations underlying the deqi experiment.
Detailed description
The mechanism, by which acupuncture works is not yet clear, therefore there is no unequivocal consensus about styles and sensations of acupuncture. whether psychological factor has influences on the effects of acupuncture? This study will adopt international practices such as visual analogue scale (VAS) to objective evaluation. The confident degree, feeling degree for acupuncture and pain intensity were evaluated by the patient with VAS, and the pain VAS scores before and after acupuncture were recorded as the indexes for assessment of the therapeutic effect.
Interventions
PROCEDUREacupuncture, Deqi
Immediately after insertion of a needle, it is manually rotated backwards and forwards to induce the DeQi sensation.
PROCEDUREacupuncture, Non-Deqi
After insertion of a needle, no manipulation is applied, and the needle is retained for 30 minutes.
Sponsors
The Fifth Hospital of Wuhan
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 30 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Female, age between 18 and 30 years old, who had regular menstrual cycles (28-33 days); 2. Meeting diagnostic criteria for primary dysmenorrhea, having moderate to severe symptoms when unmedicated, and eligible for care through the military health system.
Exclusion criteria
1. Secondary dysmenorrhea; 2. Women with systemic disease, or hormonal, psychiatric or gynecologic disorders, or substance abuse; 3. Pregnant or trying to conceive, using oral contraceptives, smoker, breast-feeding.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Visual Analogue Scale for pain intensity of primary dysmenorrhea | 90 days after onset |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| average duration (hours) of pain | 90 days after onset |
Countries
China
Contacts
Primary ContactGuangying Huang
Outcome results
None listed