Menopausal Symptoms, Quality of Life
Conditions
Brief summary
The aim of the study is to determine the effect of acupressure, laughter yoga and Mindfulness stress reduction program on menopausal symptoms and quality of life.Menopausal period, which is one of the life stages, causes physiological changes and can decrease the quality of life. The research is a randomized controlled trial. 180 women who meet the conditions for research will be included in the study. Three instruments were used to obtain the research data: Personal Information Form,Menopausal Symptoms Rating Scale and Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Scale.
Detailed description
On average, one third of a woman's life passes during menopause. The menopausal period is an important period that brings many physical and psychological changes with it and significantly affects the disease process and the family and society. Cultural and ethnic characteristics of the society are among the important factors that affect women's attitudes towards menopause and the meaning of middle age for women.women seek ways to deal with menopausal symptoms. women prefer drug-free coping methods. Mindfulness stress reduction program, yoga and laughter yoga are an alternative way to reduce menopausal symptoms.. These methods can reduce the complaints and increase the quality of life. For this reason, the effect should be determined in the menopausal period.
Interventions
OTHERAcupressure, laughter yoga and mindfulness stress reduction program
Initiatives will be applied to the experimental group. only measurement tools will be applied to the control group
Sponsors
Inonu University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Intervention model description
randomized controlled trial
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
50 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* in the menopausal period
Exclusion criteria
* presence of psychiatric illness using psychiatric medication
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acupressure, Laughter Yoga and mindfulness stress reduction program Effects on menopause symptoms | Up to 12 weeks | Menopause Rating Scale is an 11 item scale.The five-point Likert type scale has three sub-dimensions.The higher the scores of each item, the higher the complaints, the higher the total score of the scale, the higher the menopausal complaints. |
| Acupressure, Laughter Yoga and mindfulness stress reduction program Effects on menopausal quality of life | Up to 12 weeks | Menopausal Quality of Life Scale is a Likert-type scale with 29 questions and consists of four domains: vasomotor, psychosocial, physical and sexual. Each question score is from 0 to 6. The increase in the scale score indicates that the severity of the complaints increased. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed