Non-pharmacologic strategies used by adolescents for the management of menstrual discomfort

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 313-320

  Campbell, Mary Ann ^a   McGrath, Patrick J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Coping; Dysmenorrhea; Females; Menstrual discomfort; Non pharmacologic; Pain; Pain management

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEAT; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MASSAGE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MUSCLE CRAMP; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033459564     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-199912000-00008     Document Type: Article

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