The efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in reducing anxiety among female university students with primary dysmenorrhea.

Sahar ValediMohammad MoradiBaglooeiMehdi RanjbaranVenus CheginiMark D GriffithsZainab Alimoradi

Published in: BMC psychology (2022)

EMDR intervention did not have a statistically and clinically significant effect on State-Trait Anxiety of patients with dysmenorrhea. Therefore, the efficacy of EMDR in treating dysmenorrhea-related anxiety remains inconclusive. Trial registration IRCT20180823040851N2 on 2019-02-09.

Keyphrases

sleep quality
randomized controlled trial
clinical trial
phase iii
gene expression
dna methylation