Condition 1: Hot flashes. Condition 2: sleep disorders. Menopausal and female climacteric states Sleep disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: At least the reading and writing skills Post-menopausal (at least 12 months of self-deprivation of menstruation, without contact with pregnancy and lactation, or other medical and pharmaceutical reasons or serum FSH> 40 IU / L). Experience at least 3 hot flashes throughout the day Having a sleep quality score higher than 5 Age 40 to 65 years old
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Tobacco and alcohol consumption Hormone therapy in the last 6 months Having depression, stress or severe anxiety (score less than 19 below the stress scale, score less than 10 below the anxiety scale or score less than 14 below the depression scale of the DASS-21 questionnaire) Having physical illnesses (such as diabetes, hypertension, pulmonary, heart, infectious diseases, cancers) Mental illness Infectious and febrile illnesses (such as respiratory, urinary and hepatitis infections, thyroid disease, and those with hot flush as one of their symptoms). Concomitant use of hypnotic and herbal medicines affecting sleep and hot flashes (such as soy and herbs) Taking medications that improve vasomotor symptoms (such as clonidine, antidepressants, tamoxifen, raloxifene, anticonvulsants like gabapentin) Use of anti-coagulants, anti-anxiety and non-steroidal drugs Having a night shift The use of isoflavone absorption inhibitors during the study, such as antibiotics for 6 weeks, and proton pump inhibitors (omeprazole, lansoprazole, ropiperazole, pantoprazole, osomoperazole)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Hot flashes. Timepoint: From a week before the study begins to immediately after the intervention. Method of measurement: Hot flashes daily registration form.;Sleep quality. Timepoint: Before starting the study until immediately after the intervention. Method of measurement: Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences