Comparing the Effect of Auriculotherapy and Vitamin B6 on the Symptoms of Premenstrual Syndrome among the Students who Lived in the Dorm of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

(2017) Comparing the Effect of Auriculotherapy and Vitamin B6 on the Symptoms of Premenstrual Syndrome among the Students who Lived in the Dorm of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research. pp. 354-358. ISSN 1735-9066 (Print) 1735-9066 (Linking)

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a series of physical and psychological symptoms before menstruation which its prevalence around the world has been reported to be 80. Consumption of vitamin B6 is a common treatment for this syndrome, and this study was conducted to compare the effect of auriculotherapy and vitamin B6 on the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was a clinical trial. Eighty-four female students who lived at the university dorm were randomly selected and allocated into two groups of 42. The first group received auriculotherapy (10 sessions) for two menstrual cycles and the second group consumed 40 mg of vitamin B6 daily from a week before their menstruation for two menstrual cycles. The severity of symptoms was recorded for both groups during two cycles before the intervention and two cycles after the intervention. Data gathering tool was a 28-question, questionnaire to assess the severity of symptoms of premenstrual syndrome based on DSM-IV. RESULTS: The mean score of symptoms in the auriculotherapy group in the first and second cycles was 26.70 (19.49) and 24.76 (17.07), respectively, and in the vitamin B6 group, was 22.60 (10.87) and 24.17 (14.15), respectively, which showed a significant difference compared to before the intervention (P = 0.001). However, comparing the total score of symptoms in the first and second cycles after the intervention between both groups showed no significant difference. CONCLUSIONS: Auriculotherapy, similar to vitamin B6, decreases the severity of PMS symptoms.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Auriculotherapy Iran Vitamin B6 premenstrual syndrome
Divisions: Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery > Student Research Committee
Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center
Page Range: pp. 354-358
Journal or Publication Title: Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research
Journal Index: Pubmed
Volume: 22
Number: 5
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.4103/ijnmr.IJNMR₁₂₀₁₆
ISSN: 1735-9066 (Print) 1735-9066 (Linking)
Depositing User: مهندس مهدی شریفی
URI: http://eprints.mui.ac.ir/id/eprint/1272

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