Non-randomized Clinical Trial of an Educational Program that Supports Young Women’s Control of Their Menstrual Pain
Non-randomized Clinical Trial of an Educational Program that Supports Young Women’s Control of Their Menstrual Pain
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支持年轻女性控制经痛的教育计划的非随机临床试验
DOI:
10.5630/jans.37.161
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发表时间:
2017
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T. Fukuyama
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作者:
T. Fukuyama
Purpose: To develop and evaluate an educational program based on Orem’s self-care theory and aimed at controlling menstrual pain by having young women deliberately employ efective coping methods tailored to their level of pain and palliative needs. Methods: Eight universities were non-randomly assigned to the intervention group (in which the educational program was implemented) or the control group (in which it was not implemented), and outcomes were quantitatively measured before and afer the educational program. Outcomes were seven items: thoughts on coping with menstrual pain, knowledge of menstrual pain, level of menstrual pain, menstrual symptoms, hindrances to activities of daily living, impact on social activities, and control of menstrual pain. Results: Forty-nine women (45.4%) in the intervention group who took part in sessions and responded to all questionnaires and 58 women (57.4%) in the control group who responded to all questionnaires were subject to analysis. Compared with the control group, women in the intervention group were able to signifcantly change their way of thinking to one in which they sought to cope with menstrual pain, increase their accurate knowledge of menstrual pain, reduce their level of menstrual pain and menstrual symptoms, and control their menstrual pain. Conclusions: Te results of this study suggested that this program could be efective in teaching young women to deliberately control their menstrual pain.