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THE EFFECT OF STRETCHING EXERCISE ON PRIMARY DYSMENORRHEA IN ADULT GIRLS

Filzah Bukhari, Nimra Iqbal, Dur E Najoom Bazgha, Muhammad Faisal, Dr.Muaziza Tehreem, Dr. Naseebullah Sheikh, Zara Rauf

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ABSTRACT

    Background: Painful periods are called dysmenorrhea. Primary dysmenorrhea is pain before or during period because lining of uterus produces a hormone prostaglandin it causes            uterus to contract often painfully. The lower abdominal pain radiates towards back and thigh region associated with nausea, vomiting, fatigue, headache and mood swings etc.                  Different interventions use to treat menstrual cramps.

 

Aims & Objectives: In this study effectiveness of stretching exercise on primary dysmenorrhea focused.

Procedure: The quasi-experimental study in which convenient sampling from female students of GCUF hostel, aged 18-25 has been done. In this study only, dysmenorrhea diagnosed patients participated. Subjects had been assessed for pain intensity, pain duration and symptoms by using Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Verbal Multi-Dimensional Scoring System (VMSS). Data was collected by questioner after getting consent form. Proper stretching protocol was followed and General body stretching & abdominal stretching was focused. Ethics and modesty considered while data collection procedure.

Results: A group of student`s pretreatment values of pain and VMSS was taken and compared these values with post treatment values through Paired T- Test. There was significant improvement of mean score in the pain before (1.52 ± 0.50) and after (0.55 ± 0.50) intervention. The mean of the pre value of Verbal multi-dimensional scoring system was 1.6944 and then after treatment the mean of the post value was .7500. The data analysis showed the proper reduction in the patients’ symptoms after treatment. Participants identification was anonymous. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 16.

Conclusion: Stretching exercise is effective in treatment of Primary Dysmenorrhea in young females.

    Key words: Painful menstruation, abdominal cramps, stretching