Abstract

ASSESSMENT OF CINNAMON EFFECT TO REDUCE PRIMARY DYSMENORRHEA AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG FEMALES IN EASTERN REGION OF SAUDI ARABIA: A CROSS SECTIONAL SURVEY

Dr. Amal Khaleel Abu Alhommos* and Muneerah Al-Hadi

Abstract

Dysmenorrhea is a painful contraction in the uterus region happening before and/or during menstrual cycle menstrual cycle. It is a typical issue among adults females influencing around 40-80% of them begin a couple days before menstruation and goes on for a couple of hours to a few days after start of monthly cycle. The study objective is to evaluate the cinnamon effects on primary dysmenorrhea in a sample of adult females in eastern region of Saudi Arabia. An online survey was distributed in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia. The study was conducted in Saudi Arabia between January to March 2017. The questionnaire included four sections: demographics section, concern symptoms, practice and knowledge. The total numbers of females participated in this study was 232. Regarding to females attitude to minimize the pain of dysmenorrhea, most of them used paracetamol or ibuprofen tablets 109 (47%) and 74 (31.9%) used cinnamon. Only 50 (31.25%) of them had complete pain relieving all using cinnamon, but 96 (59.66%) had partial pain while using cinnamon. Regarding the possible side effects induced by cinnamon using, the most of participants 207(89.26%) did not suffer from any side effects. Based on this study results, the effect of cinnamon on dysmenorrhea appeared to be inferior to analgesics and had moderate effect on dysmenorrhea. Further study with randomized double-blinded control design and appropriate sample size in different regions of Saudi Arabia is needed to study its real efficacy.

Keywords: Dysmenorrhea, females, cinnamon and effect.