Bazarganipour Fatemeh, Taghavi Seyed-Abdolvahab, Allan Helen, Hosseini Nazafarin, Khosravi Ahmad, Asadi Rahimeh, Salari Shohreh, Dehghani Raziyeh, Jamshidi Zahra, Rezaei Marziyeh, Saberian Mansoreh, Javedan Fatemeh, Salari Zahra, Miri Fahimeh
Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran.
Hormozgan Fertility & Infertility Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
Complement Ther Med. 2017 Oct;34:10-15. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2017.07.004. Epub 2017 Jul 14.
To evaluate a simple acupressure protocol in LIV3 and LI4 acupoints in women with primary dysmenorrhea.
This paper reports a randomized, single blinded clinical trial. 90 young women with dysmenorrhea were recruited to three groups to receive 20min acupressure every day in either LIV3 or LI4, or placebo points. Acupressure was timed five days before menstruation for three successive menstrual cycles. On menstruation, each participant completed the Wong Baker faces pain scale, and the quality of life short form -12 (QOL SF-12).
Intensity and duration of pain between the three groups in the second and third cycles during the intervention (p<0.05) differed significantly. Significant differences were seen in all domains of QOL except for mental health (p=0.4), general health (p=0.7) and mental subscale component (p=0.12) in the second cycle, and mental health (p=0.9), and mental subscale component (p=0.14) in the third cycle.
Performing the simple acupressure protocol is an effective method to decrease the intensity and duration of dysmenorrhea, and improve the QOL. Registration ID in IRCT: IRCT2016052428038N1.
评估一种针对原发性痛经女性的位于足厥阴肝经3穴和手阳明大肠经4穴的简单指压方案。
本文报告一项随机、单盲临床试验。90名痛经年轻女性被招募到三组，分别在足厥阴肝经3穴或手阳明大肠经4穴，或安慰剂穴位接受每天20分钟的指压。指压在月经前5天进行，连续三个月经周期。在月经期间，每位参与者完成面部表情疼痛量表和生活质量简表-12（QOL SF-12）。
干预期间第二和第三周期三组之间的疼痛强度和持续时间（p<0.05）差异显著。在第二周期，除心理健康（p=0.4）、总体健康（p=0.7）和心理分量表成分（p=0.12）外，生活质量的所有领域均存在显著差异；在第三周期，心理健康（p=0.9）和心理分量表成分（p=0.14）存在显著差异。
实施简单的指压方案是减轻痛经强度和持续时间以及改善生活质量的有效方法。伊朗临床试验注册中心注册号：IRCT2016052428038N1。
