Cyclic Perimenstrual Pain and Discomfort and Australian Women's Associated Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Longitudinal Study

Fisher, Carole; Hickman, Louise; Adams, Jon; Sibbritt, David

doi:10.1089/jwh.2016.6253

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“…7 Over the last 10 years, CAM therapies have been proposed, especially in regions of Africa and Asia where traditional medicine remains trusted by the majority of patients, therefore, approximately all studies conducted regarding CAM efficacy originated from these countries. 2,8,9 Physical activity, for instance yoga, aromatherapy, psychotherapy, and other forms of relaxation, vitamins and dietary changes, acupressure and acupuncture are just few of the proposed lifestyle targeted therapies in cases of PD. 3 This review focuses on lifestyle changes that could potentially result in minimizing symptoms of PD and in improving overall QoL for these patients, by providing current scientific evidence on their efficacy.…”

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Integrating Lifestyle Focused Approaches into the Management of Primary Dysmenorrhea: Impact on Quality of Life

Tsonis¹,

Gkrozou

Barmpalia³

et al. 2021

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Objective: This narrative review aims to identify alternative ways to improve the symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea (PD). Background: PD refers to endometrial painful cramps during the premenstrual period. This condition affects a lot of women worldwide and is accompanied with absenteeism and high economic costs, thus, risk-free, and effective therapeutic approaches are needed. Pharmacological agents such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and oral contraceptive pills (OCPs), which are widely prescribed for these women, demonstrate adequate efficacy in alleviating pain and discomfort. The long natural course of the disease dictates remedies that focus on lifestyle changes and on improvement of Quality-of-Life (QoL) for women suffering with PD. Materials and Methods: Five major search engines, namely MEDLINE, PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library were searched for articles published prior to October 2020 focused in PD. A total of 74 paper were included. Discussion: Physical activity, for instance yoga, aromatherapy massage, and other forms of relaxation, vitamins and dietary changes, acupressure and acupuncture,a and some psychological interventions are just few of the proposed health behavior targeted approaches in cases of PD. This review focuses on lifestyle changes and alternative methods that could potentially result in minimizing symptoms of PD and in improving overall QoL for these patients, by providing current scientific evidence on their efficacy. Conclusion: Complementary and alternative medicine practices (CAM) are widely accepted by women. International literature provides controversial scientific evidence, thus further studies need to be conducted in order to prove or disregard their efficacy in cases of PD.

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Integrating Lifestyle Focused Approaches into the Management of Primary Dysmenorrhea: Impact on Quality of Life

Tsonis¹,

Gkrozou

Barmpalia³

et al. 2021

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“…hypnosis treatment can attenuate the stress caused by the syndrome and remove the environmental background of the disorder to a large extent (10). hypnosis is a condition that results from attention, acceptance, and concentration, in which there must be degrees of three facets of the same time: decomposition or abstraction, absorption, inclusiveness (11).hypnotherapy is based on the assumption that most psychological disturbances are a negative form of self-hypnosis, so that negative thoughts are accepted critically and even without informed knowledge (12). hypnotherapy involves several basic methods including relaxation, guided imagery, cognitive reconstruction, gradual desensitization, and the training of hypnosis skills (13).With regard to suggested theories on formation of PMDD, it looks to be effective to use hypnotherapy to interevent effective psychological factors of PMDD (9).…”

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Efficacy of hypnotherapy on pain intensity and psychological distress among women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder, applicability of suggestions focused on cognitive flexibility and ego strength

Abazari

Heydarinasab

Yaghubi

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Background: Premenstrual dysphoric disorder PMDD is a health difficulty that is so similar to premenstrual syndrome PMS but is more serious Many women with PMDD may also have anxiety or depression, in this way, lasting irritability or anger that may affect other people, feelings of sadness or despair, or even thoughts of suicide, feelings of tension or anxiety, panic attacks, mood swings or crying often, lack of interest in daily activities and relationships, trouble thinking or focusing, tiredness or low energy, food cravings or binge eating, trouble sleeping, feeling out of control, physical symptoms such as cramps, bloating, breast tenderness, headaches, and joint or muscle pain are some of prevalent symptoms suffer women with PMDDMethods: The present research was a randomized controlled trial. In order to control variables pain intensity and psychological distress among patients with PMDD, the participants were selected accidently from female students of Shahed University of Tehran who consulted to psychology in order to assess their premenstrual symptoms and randomly divided into two groups. Each of groups encompassed 30 women between 20 up to 35-year-old whom diagnosed by PMDD via PSST from winter 2019 to spring 2020. In this study, one group received hypnotherapy and the other group received no intervention. Results: There are significant differences between the two groups. The efficacy of the procedure of hypnotherapy in the experimental group was more than that in the control group, (sig = 0.05).Conclusion The present study findings revealed that hypnotherapy with suggestions focused on cognitive flexibility and ego strength affected pain intensity and psychological distress among females with PMDD significantly. (sig=0.05)

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“…Frente a estas preferências e tendo em vista que estudos recentes 4,6 , realizados em vários países, têm trazido a percepção das mulheres quanto aos aspectos da menstruação no seu dia a dia, surgiu o seguinte questionamento: Qual o significado da menstruação na qualidade de vida da mulher?…”

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Percepção das mulheres sobre o impacto da menstruação no cotidiano de vida

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Objetivo: compreender o significado da menstruação no cotidiano de vida e desvelar as divergências e convergências no aspecto cultural e socioeconômico de mulheres na menacme. Método: pesquisa descritiva, de abordagem qualitativa com pressupostos do interacionísmo simbólico. A coleta de dados deu-se por meio de dois grupos focais cujos sujeitos foram 18 mulheres. Foram realizados três encontros com cada grupo em locais distintos. A partir dos depoimentos foram identificadas seis categorias e subcategorias. Resultados: revelam a percepção das mulheres nos aspectos físicos, psicológicos, nível de independência, relações sociais, ambiente e crenças pessoais e mitos associadas a qualidade de vida no simbólico da menstruação. Conclusão: a menstruação significa dualidade, pois traz alívio por não estar grávida e marca a jovialidade. Mas se houvesse escolha, as mulheres preferiam não menstruar pelos desconfortos físicos e psicológicos que as afetam no cotidiano da vida.

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Cyclic Perimenstrual Pain and Discomfort and Australian Women's Associated Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Longitudinal Study

Cited by 11 publications

References 91 publications

Integrating Lifestyle Focused Approaches into the Management of Primary Dysmenorrhea: Impact on Quality of Life

Integrating Lifestyle Focused Approaches into the Management of Primary Dysmenorrhea: Impact on Quality of Life

Efficacy of hypnotherapy on pain intensity and psychological distress among women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder, applicability of suggestions focused on cognitive flexibility and ego strength

Percepção das mulheres sobre o impacto da menstruação no cotidiano de vida

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