An interventional study of somatocognitive therapy and Stretching exercises in Dysmenorrhea, sponsored by Superior University. Active, not recruiting at 1 site in Pakistan. Open to female participants aged 13 Years to 45 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-06-25.
Sponsored by Superior University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
Effectiveness of somatocognitive therapy with TENS and stretching exercises on menstrual pain and quality of life with dysmenorrhea.A randomized controlled trial The objective of this study is to find weather which therapy; somatocognitive therapy along with TENS or stretching exercises is more effective and what are their effects on quality of life in females with dysmonarrhea.
The Study spans the population into two groups. For first group we will give somatocognitive therapy (drawing and music) along with TENS and in second group we will give stretching exercises. In both groups the hotpack will be the common treatment.
The nature of this study will be randomized controlled trial . We will use simple random sampling technique in this study.
For outcomes measurements we will use numerical rating scale and menustral distress questionere .
398 studies on the registry are indexed under Dysmenorrhea; 96 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 40 is below the median of 60 across 333 interventional studies indexed under Dysmenorrhea.
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Diagnostic Test: somatocognitive therapy
Combination Product: Stretching exercises
In somatocognitive therapy which includes drawing( three days prior to menustration in first two months and the first day of menustration in third month) and music(in the first 12 hours of menustration)along with TENS(thirty minutes on abdominal region, upon the onset of dysmonarrhea).
Stretching exercises of abdominal, lumbar or pelvic region will be performed as a treatment. Frequency:15 minutes;three times per week.
Numerical rating scale
A pain screening tool, commonly use to assess pain severity at that moment in time using a 0-10 scale, with 0 meaning "no pain" and 10 meaning "the worst pain".
Time frame: 6 Month
Menstrual distress questionnaire
The MSQ is a 24-46 item self-report measure which assesses menstrual pain and symptoms .The score on each item ranges from 1 (never) to 5 (always) with a higher composite score indicating more symptoms.
Time frame: 6 Months
Plan to share: No
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