| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立陽明大學 === 臨床暨社區護理研究所 === 101 === The purposes of this study were exploring the experiences of dysmenorrhea and the life adaptation during the treatment of Chinese medicine among women with primary dysmenorrhea and endometriosis dysmenorrhea. The research methods was planned by collecting data via participant observation and semi-structured interviews in 20 participants with primary dysmenorrhea and another 20 participants with endometriosis dysmenorrhea. All the data was analyzed with content analysis method and ATLAS.ti 5.2 software.
The results revealed that as the women experience the dysmenorrhea and their life adaptation during the treatment of Chinese medicine, the processes they went through can be classify as 4 themes- the tip of the iceberg, the ice-breaking, the tug-of-war, and the fusion. Participants could usually tolerate the pain or by taking painkillers at the beginning. As the pain could no longer be controlled, and the impact of dysmenorrhea gradually affects their everyday life in more aspects, they start to seek help from Chinese medicine, which defined as “ice-breaking”. Treatment with Chinese medicine also faces other problems like “expectation gap” and “lifestyle adjustments” etc. But they also gradually start integrating new ideas, adjusting their pace of life, and then ultimately achieving a new balance. This study also discovered a fact that women with endometriosis dysmenorrhea experience more challenges and issues versus women with primary dysmenorrhea. Since the beginning of the disease, they were experiencing multiple symptoms and facing a series of consequences like infertility and “the struggle of tug-of-war” with postoperative recurrence. This study provides information to nurses in understanding the difficulties faced by women with dysmenorrhea, thereby enhancing nursing quality.
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