The effects of acupressure on severity of primary dysmenorrhea

Shahla Gharloghi1, Shahnaz Torkzahrani2, Ali Reza Akbarzadeh3, Reza Heshmat41Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, 2Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, 3Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Evin, Tehran, 4International University for Acupuncture, Lyon, FranceBackground: Dysmenorrhea constitutes one of the most frequent disorders in women of a fertile age. The objective of this research was to determine the effects of acupressure at Sanyinjiao (SP6) point and DiJi (SP8) point on pain severity of primary dysmenorrhea and the associated systemic symptoms.Materials and methods: In this crossover clinical trial, 50 females aged 18–30 years old who met the study criteria and were under the care of Sarpolezahab Health Center were selected. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of two groups and evaluated during three menstrual cycles. We evaluated pain severity using the McGill pain scale and associated systemic symptoms using a verbal multidimensional scoring system. Data acquired from 42 cases were analyzed using SPSS software, with a P value of