밸런스테이핑이 월경통에 미치는 효과 = The Effect of Balance Taping on Manstrual Pain

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of balance taping on menstrual pain, this study from August 1, 2001 to October 12, used 31 students who visited the school health service center wanting medicine for menstrual pain as subjects for one group pretest-posttest design.
This study used women students who went to the school health service center to take medicine for menstrual pain as subjects, marking the pain level before balance taping treatment, and after balance taping treatment marked the time that the first pain alleviation effect appeared and the level of pain at that moment. After that, the pain levels were marked 4 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours, and 24 hours later.
The collected data were processed using the SPSS package 10.0 program. The results of this study can be summarized as follows;
1) The average age of subjects was 22.06, the average age of first menstruation was 13, the menstruation cycle was an average of 30 days, menstruation duration was an average 5.38 days. The most painpul time was the starting day with 87.1%. Ordinarily felt degree of menstrual pain was an average of 8.15. During menstruation, the area of pain was the waist, the belly, the pelvis, the leg and the breast. Menstrual pain disposal methods other than drugs included bed rest, massaging the aching region, taking hot bag, in that order, and one subject even went to the hospital. During menstruation, most at 74.2% took medication once, although one subject took medication daily during the period.
2) Before the treatment the pain measure was an average of 8.23 and the time when a pain decrease effect was first acknowledged was an average of 60 minutes after the balance taping treatment.
Before the treatment the average pain measure was 8.23 and an average of 60 minutes after the treatment the pain measure was 5.91 regarding difference (P<0.05), 4 hours later 3.84,8 hours later 3.36 12 hours later 2.75, 24 hours later 1.48 pain decrease regarding difference (p<0.05) balance taping treatment had an effect on decreasing menstrual pain.
3) 61.3% did not know about balance taping and the place which gave information 93.5% was the college health nurse. The same period receiving taping most people at 90.3% were recommended having hearsay knowledge. In the event of paralleling existing modern medicine, 80.6% were somewhat affirmative that it would have more effect or be similar. After receiving taping, the degree of satisfaction was high with 61.3% very satisfied or somewhat satisfied.
Proposal
1) If time passes, menstrual pain is a pain which disappears, so analogy experiment research in which on action is taken is needed.
2) Further research with the treatment operated periodically to examine the degree of pain reduction is necessary.
3) Balance taping treatment, as a type of alternative therapy, can prevent the misuse of menstrual pain medicine, and for the health promotioning adolescents and unmarried women, nursing intervention should propose a plan for practical use.