About this trial
Pain is an unpleasant sensation that negatively affects individual experiencing it, depending on its quality, intensity, location, and duration. One of the causes of pain among females is dysmenorrhea. Dysmenorrhea is defined as pain during menstruation. A significant population of females experience mild, moderate or severe pain during menstruation. Primary dysmenorrhea is defined as dysmenorrhea with the absence of any organic pathology starting 6-12 months after the menarche and frequently continuing till menopause, while secondary dysmenorrhea results from gynecologic problems such as adenomyosis, endometriosis, uterine fibroid and others.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
• Undergraduate females from the 3 selected faculties in Sohag University
Disqualifiers
• Students who will refuse to participate in this study.
Pregnant females \ females with amenorrhea.
Females with gynecological problems as adenomyosis, uterine fibroids and others to exclude secondary dysmenorrhea
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- self administered questionnaire