| Wang MC |
------>authors3_c= ------>paper_class1=1 ------>Impact_Factor=1.526 ------>paper_class3=2 ------>paper_class2=1 ------>vol=15 ------>confirm_bywho=tzengcr ------>insert_bywho=chienwei ------>Jurnal_Rank=41.7 ------>authors4_c= ------>comm_author= ------>patent_EDate=None ------>authors5_c= ------>publish_day=1 ------>paper_class2Letter=None ------>page2=242 ------>medlineContent= ------>unit=E0111 ------>insert_date=20090318 ------>iam=3 ------>update_date=None ------>author=??? ------>change_event=4 ------>ISSN= ------>authors_c= ------>score=500 ------>journal_name=THE JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE ------>paper_name=Effects of Auricular Acupressure on Menstrual Symptoms and Nitric Oxide for Women with Primary Dysmenorrhea ------>confirm_date=20091020 ------>tch_id=082014 ------>pmid=19292653 ------>page1=235 ------>fullAbstract=OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of auricular acupressure on relieving menstrual symptoms and decreasing nitric oxide (NO) for women with primary dysmenorrhea. DESIGN: This was a randomized clinical trial comparing the effects of auricular acupressure by seed-pressure method and placebo adhesive patch. SETTING: Settings included colleges in northern and central Taiwan. SUBJECTS: Serum CA-125 testing was used as a screening test for primary dysmenorrhea (<35 mg/dL). The study included 36 college females randomized to acupressure group, 35 to control group. INTERVENTIONS: The acupressure group received auricular acupressure by seed-pressure method on liver (CO12), kidney (CO10), and endocrine (CO18) acupoints. The control group had a plain adhesive patch placed on the same acupoints with no seed attached. Acupressure protocol included massaging 15 times on each acupoint, 3 times a day, for a total of 20 days. OUTCOME MEASURES: Primary: Short-form Menstrual Distress Questionnaire (MDQs). Secondary: blood sample of NO. Assessments of MDQs and NO were performed at baseline and within the first 2 days of their next menses (after completion of 20 days of acupressure). RESULTS: In the acupressure group, the overall menstrual symptoms (95% confidence interval [CI] = -49.8 to -6.5, effect size [ES] = 0.43, p = 0.01) and two subscales, menstrual pain (95% CI = -16.4 -to -2.2, ES = 0.45, p = 0.01) and negative affects (95% CI = -11.9-2.0, ES = 0.38, p = 0.04), revealed that menstrual symptoms decreased significantly after auricular acupressure by the seed-pressure method. The ES for the MDQs were in favor of the auricular acupressure by seed-pressure method. NO level increased in the acupressure group, although this difference did not achieve statistical significance (p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: This study supports the effects of auricular acupressure by seed-pressure method in improving menstrual symptoms, and offers a noninvasive complementary therapy for women with primary dysmenorrhea. ------>tmu_sno=None ------>sno=21621 ------>authors2=Hsu MC ------>authors3=Chien LW ------>authors4=Kao CH ------>authors5=Liu CF ------>authors6= ------>authors6_c= ------>authors=Wang MC ------>delete_flag=0 ------>SCI_JNo=None ------>authors2_c= ------>publish_area=0 ------>updateTitle=Effects of auricular acupressure on menstrual symptoms and nitric oxide for women with primary dysmenorrhea. ------>language=2 ------>check_flag=None ------>submit_date=None ------>country=None ------>no=3 ------>patent_SDate=None ------>update_bywho=None ------>publish_year=2009 ------>submit_flag=None ------>publish_month=3 |