Effects of self-management strategies on the self-efficacy and self-management behavior in female college students with primary dysmenorrhea / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

Objective To explore the effects of self-management strategies on self-efficacy and selfmanagement behavior in female college students with primary dysmenorrhea.Methods Implementing the plan that the interventional group (n=195) received self-management strategies,while the control group (n =196) did not received any intervention.Followed up six months,the self-efficacy and self-management behaviors and Visual Analogue Scale/Score (VAS) of dysmenorrhea pain were compared between two groups before and after the intervention.Results At the 6th month of observation period,the scores of self-efficacy in the intervention group (2.61 ±0.48) were significantly improved compared with the baseline (2.37 ± 0.36) and the control group(2.43±0.46) (both P＜0.05).Besides taking medicine to alleviate dysmenorrhea,other items in the self-management behaviors were significantly higher than baseline and control group (both P＜ 0.05).The mean of dysmenorrhea pain VAS of 6th menstrual period in the intervention group was lower than baseline and the control group (P＜0.05).Conclusion The self-management strategies can effectively improve the self-efficacy and self-management behaviors among female college students,and alleviate the degree of dysmenorrhea pain.

Investigation of the strategies and effect of serf-management of chronic pain for aged people / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective To discuss the clinical feature of chronic pain of aged people and strategies and effect of its self-management as well as their relationship.Methods Investigation with questionnaires wag carried out in 243 aged people who were above 65 years old to understand the clinical feature of chronic pain and strategies of its self-management.The results underwent analysis.Results Non-narcotic analgesics,physical exercise,cold and heat therapy and spiritual activity were used most frequently in selfmanagement of pain.No statistical difference existed in the use of self-management strategies between people in different age groups.Effect of self-management strategies was negatively correlated with degree of pain,interrupting with daily life and anxiety,but Wag positively correlated with self-efficacy score.Conclusions Aged people ale willing to attemp various strategies to cope with chronic pain.We should pain attention to the standardization of physical exercise,confrontation of anxiety and improvement of self-efficacy to improve the effect of self-management.