Trial reportPain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2020
An Open Trial of a Mind-Body Intervention for Young Women with Moderate to Severe Primary Dysmenorrhea.
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- The role of catastrophizing in chronic cyclical pelvic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
- The effect of computer-based Stress Inoculation Training (SIT) approach on the pelvic pain, depression, and anxiety in students with primary dysmenorrhea: a clinical trial study.BMC medical education · 2024Trial
- Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Empowered Relief in Patients With Chronic Pain Taking Methadone or Buprenorphine: Single-Arm National Pilot Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Validation of the menstrual sensitivity index in adolescents.Pain reports · 2025Article
- Understanding Adolescents' Experiences With Menstrual Pain to Inform the User-Centered Design of a Mindfulness-Based App: Mixed Methods Investigation Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2024Article
- Development and initial validation of the menstrual sensitivity index.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Reflections on the group dynamic in a group cognitive behavioral therapy intervention for young adult women with moderate to severe dysmenorrhea: a qualitative analysis.Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology · 2023Article
- Effects of cognitive emotion regulation strategies on mood and cortisol in daily life in women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder.Psychological medicine · 2023Article
- Adolescent girls' descriptions of dysmenorrhea and barriers to dysmenorrhea management in Moshi, Tanzania: A qualitative study.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Dysmenorrhea catastrophizing and functional impairment in female pelvic pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a mind-body intervention for moderate to severe primary dysmenorrhea (PD).
designOpen trial (single arm).
settingAcademic medical school. SUBJECTS: A total of 20 young adult women with moderate to severe primary dysmenorrhea were included across four separate intervention groups.
methodsAll participants received five 90-minute sessions of a mind-body intervention and completed self-report measures of menstrual pain, depression, anxiety, somatization, and pain catastrophizing at baseline, post-treatment, and at one-, two-, three-, and 12-month follow-up. Self-report of medication use and use of skills learned during the intervention were also collected at all follow-up points.
resultsParticipants reported significantly lower menstrual pain over time compared with baseline. No changes in anxiety, depression, or somatization were observed, although pain catastrophizing improved over time. Changes in menstrual pain were not associated with changes in medication use or reported use of skills.
conclusionsA mind-body intervention is a promising nondrug intervention for primary dysmenorrhea, and future research should focus on testing the intervention further as part of a randomized clinical trial.
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