Characteristics of the use of alternative and complementary treatment in dysmenorrhea in women of fertile age

• Autores: Díaz-Vélez, Cristian, Vargas-Tineo, Otto W., Segura-Muñoz, Dina M., Calderón-Rodríguez, Karla V., Apolaya-Segura, Moisés, Carhuapoma-Yance, Mario
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
• Repositorio: Revista del Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:cmhnaaa_ojs_cmhnaaa.cmhnaaa.org.pe:article/1459
• Enlace del recurso: https://cmhnaaa.org.pe/ojs/index.php/rcmhnaaa/article/view/1459
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Dismenorrea; Síndrome Premenstrual; Terapias Complementarias; Fitoterapia; Religión o Espiritualidad; Dysmenorrhea; Premenstrual Syndrome; Complementary Therapies; Phytotherapy; Religion or Spirituality

Objetive: To describe the characteristics of the use of alternative and complementary treatment in dysmenorrhea in women of childbearing age in a city in northern Peru. The study: Cross-sectional analytical study in women of childbearing age in Mórrope, Lambayeque. Prior training on dysmenorrhea and main variables. 336 women were interviewed in their homes after accepting informed consent. Findings: The age group of 15 to 35 years prevailed in the studied population with 83.92% (n=282), with secondary education 57.14% (n=192), more than 90% had lower/marginal socioeconomic status. Regarding dysmenorrhea, more than 30% were found to have severe/unbearable pain, whose main treatment was MAC with 82.1% (n=220). Plants were the main MAC, only finding an association of MAC use with the religion variable (p=0.023). Conclusions: Women of childbearing age notoriously use CAM, such as phytotherapy, as a treatment for dysmenorrhea despite not finding relief