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Effectiveness of additional self-care acupressure for women with menstrual pain compared to usual care alone: using stakeholder engagement to design a pragmatic randomized trial and study protocol.
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Randomized Pragmatic Trial for Women With Menstrual Pain Comparing Additional Self-care Acupressure to Usual Care Alone
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
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- [Holistic treatment of endometriosis].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2023Review
- Five Lessons Learned From Randomized Controlled Trials on Mobile Health Interventions: Consensus Procedure on Practical Recommendations for Sustainable Research.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Article
- International ResearchKit App for Women with Menstrual Pain: Development, Access, and Engagement.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Article
- Management of Usr-i-Tamth (Menstrual Pain) in Unani (Greco-Islamic) Medicine.Journal of evidence-based complementary & alternative medicine · 2017Review
- Women's reasons for participation in a clinical trial for menstrual pain: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2016Article
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19 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundSelf-care acupressure might be successful in treating menstrual pain, which is common among young women. There is a need for comparative effectiveness research with stakeholder engagement in all phases seeking to address the needs of decision-makers. Our aim was to design a study on the effectiveness of additional self-care acupressure for menstrual pain comparing usual care alone using different methods of stakeholder engagement.
methodsThe study was designed using multiple mixed methods for stakeholder engagement. Based on the results of a survey and focus group discussion, a stakeholder advisory group developed the study design.
resultsStakeholder engagement resulted in a two-arm pragmatic randomized trial. Two hundred and twenty women aged 18 to 25 years with menstrual pain will be included in the study. Outcome measurement will be done using electronic questionnaires provided by a study specific mobile application (App). Primary outcome will be the mean pain intensity at the days of pain during the third menstruation after therapy start.
conclusionStakeholder engagement helped to develop a study design that better serves the needs of decision makers, including an App as a modern tool for both intervention and data collection in a young target group.
trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov identifier http://NCT01582724.
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