NCT06877754

Multimedia-Guided Self-Acupressure for Dysmenorrhea

Exploring the Effectiveness of Multimedia-Guided Self-Acupressure on Sanyinjiao (SP6) for Pain Relief in Young Women with Dysmenorrhea

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 46 (estimated)
• Sponsor: China Medical University, Taiwan · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Background: Up to 84% of women of reproductive age experience primary dysmenorrhea, a gynecological issue. Approximately 15% of those affected by dysmenorrhea require sick leave from school or work due to severe pain, impacting both quality of life and causing substantial economic losses. Dysmenorrhea is typically categorized into primary and secondary types; this study focuses on primary dysmenorrhea. Primary dysmenorrhea occurs mainly during the ovulatory phase and is characterized by intense, crampy spasms, often accompanied by symptoms such as headaches, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. Acupressure massage is convenient, relatively safe, cost-effective, and can be enhanced through multimedia instruction to improve learning efficiency, accommodate individual needs, and overcome temporal and spatial limitations. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effectiveness of multimedia-assisted acupressure at the Sanyinjiao acupoint for alleviating primary dysmenorrhea. Purposes: To investigate the effectiveness of multimedia-guided acupressure at the Sanyinjiao acupoint in improving primary dysmenorrhea among young women. Research method: This study employs a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design over a three-month period. Participants will be recruited from two selected colleges in central Taiwan through voluntary enrollment. It is anticipated that each group, experimental and control, will consist of 22 participants. The experimental group will receive general multimedia health education videos along with self-made multimedia videos teaching acupressure at the Sanyinjiao acupoint. Treatment will commence one week before the menstrual cycle and continue until the 5th day of menstruation. On the other hand, the control group received general multimedia health education videos only. Results: The data will be analyzed by SPSS 28.0 statistical software. Statistical methods will include descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation analysis. Inferential statistics will include independent t-tests, chi-square tests, and paired t-tests to compare menstrual pain conditions before and after the intervention and the differences between the two groups.

Detailed description

Background: Up to 84% of women of reproductive age experience primary dysmenorrhea, a gynecological issue. Approximately 15% of those affected by dysmenorrhea require sick leave from school or work due to severe pain, impacting both quality of life and causing substantial economic losses. Dysmenorrhea is typically categorized into primary and secondary types; this study focuses on primary dysmenorrhea. Primary dysmenorrhea occurs mainly during the ovulatory phase and is characterized by intense, crampy spasms, often accompanied by symptoms such as headaches, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. Acupressure massage is convenient, relatively safe, cost-effective, and can be enhanced through multimedia instruction to improve learning efficiency, accommodate individual needs, and overcome temporal and spatial limitations. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effectiveness of multimedia-assisted acupressure at the Sanyinjiao acupoint for alleviating primary dysmenorrhea. Purposes: To investigate the effectiveness of multimedia-guided acupressure at the Sanyinjiao acupoint in improving primary dysmenorrhea among young women. Research method: This study employs a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design over a three-month period. Participants will be recruited from two selected colleges in central Taiwan through voluntary enrollment. It is anticipated that each group, experimental and control, will consist of 22 participants. The experimental group will receive general multimedia health education videos along with self-made multimedia videos teaching acupressure at the Sanyinjiao acupoint. Treatment will commence one week before the menstrual cycle and continue until the 5th day of menstruation. On the other hand, the control group received general multimedia health education videos only. Results: The data will be analyzed by SPSS 28.0 statistical software. Statistical methods will include descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation analysis. Inferential statistics will include independent t-tests, chi-square tests, and paired t-tests to compare menstrual pain conditions before and after the intervention and the differences between the two groups.

Conditions

• Primary Dysmenorrhea, Acupressure, Sanyinjiao (SP6), Multimedia, Traditional Chinese Medicine

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Self-Acupressure	Both groups received general health education videos. The experimental group performed SP6 acupressure starting one week before menstruation, 10 minutes per session, twice daily, until the fifth day of menstruation. The control group maintained their usual routines.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-03-06
• Primary completion: 2025-06-30
• Completion: 2025-08-30
• First posted: 2025-03-14
• Last updated: 2025-03-14