Health Education, Menopause Symptoms, Quality of Life, Yoga
Conditions
Keywords
Menopause symptoms, health education, yoga, quality of life
Brief summary
The aim of the study is to examine the effect of health education and yoga intervention prepared according to Pender's Health Promotion Model on menopausal women's menopause-specific quality of life compared to routine care. Health education and yoga will be conducted by a certified and responsible investigator. After obtaining informed consent from the participants, the scales will be applied before and after health education and yoga practice.
Detailed description
It is known that the symptoms experienced by women during menopause affect the woman's quality of life. Many methods have been used in the literature to manage menopause symptoms. However, this study is important to present health education prepared according to Pender's health development model, which will enable women to develop health responsibility awareness, and to manage and alleviate menopausal symptoms of yoga practice planned in this context, to determine its effect on quality of life and to provide a source for literature. Research hypotheses: H0= There is no difference between menopause-specific quality of life score averages. H1= There is a difference between menopause-specific quality of life score averages. Research question: 1.What are the yoga transformation effect scale scores of the participants in the experimental group after the yoga intervention? Data Collection Tools Three data collection forms will be used in the research. There is an Introductory Information Form, Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Scale, and Yoga Transformation Scale.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALhealth education and yoga intervention group
Health education program based on the Penderin Health Promotion Model; It consists of 10 sessions as a program focused on the management of menopause (increasing the quality of life by teaching physical, psychological and social coping methods in menopause, yoga practices and their importance). In the first week, introduction, first tests (Sociodemographic data form, MÖYKÖ), and general introduction of the program will be made. It is a program in which active education methods (question and answer, role play, demonstration, etc.) are used, with each session planned to last approximately 30 minutes. Final tests will be performed at the end of 12 weeks. Yoga practice will be carried out as 45-minute sessions 2 days a week, which will last for 12 weeks, following the health education program.12. At the end of the week, MOQÖ and Yoga Transformation Impact Scale will be applied to those who have completed 10 weeks.
Sponsors
Eastern Mediterranean University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
The introductory information form and MÖYKÖ tests will be applied. Women with high MÖYKÖ scores will be divided into experimental and control groups using purposeful sampling, according to the lottery method, and those in the experimental group will be contacted by phone and asked to come to the Famagusta Development Academy (MGA) on the day and time determined. Sessions will begin after 12 weeks of health training and Hatha yoga practice are planned. At the end of 12 weeks, final tests will be administered to women who have participated for at least 10 weeks. Those in the control group will be called by phone and invited to MGA Maraş for their first test, and an appointment will be made 12 weeks later for their final test.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
45 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Been in menopause for at least 1 year and at most 5 years * Experiencing menopausal symptoms at least 3 to 4 times a week in the last 3 months * Those who have no physical disability to practice yoga * Able to speak and understand Turkish
Exclusion criteria
* Those who receive hormone replacement therapy * Those who have undergone surgical menopause * Having done yoga before
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Effect of Health Education and Yoga on Menopause-Specific Quality of Life in Women | 12 week | Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Scale-MSQS Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Scale (MSQQ) The Turkish validity and reliability of the scale developed by Hilditch et al. in 1996 was tested by Kharbouch and Şahin in 2005. Made by. The scale consists of four domains: vasomotor, psychosocial, physical and sexual, contains 29 Likert-type statements, and as the score obtained from the scale increases, the severity of the complaint increases and the quality of life decreases. Since the average score is used in the total scale, the lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 0 and the highest score is 6. Sub-domains of the scale; It consists of four subdomains: vasomotor (questions 1-3), psychosocial (questions 4-10), physical (questions 11-26) and sexual (questions 27-29). E-mail permission was obtained for the use of the scale (32). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Determining the effect of Health Education and Yoga on the Yoga Transformation Effect Scale in Menopausal Women | 12 Weeks | Birdee et al. (2015), the Turkish reliability and validity study was conducted by Tetik Küçükelçi (2018). The scale consists of 11 items and three subscales: body (4 items), breath (4 items) and mind (3 items); It measures individuals' yoga self-efficacy levels. An increase in the score obtained from the scale subscale scores indicates a high yoga-self-efficacy status. The Cronbach's alpha value of the scale was 0.88 in the original study; In the current study, it was found to be 0.95 (31). E-mail permission was obtained for the use of the scale. |
Countries
Cyprus
Contacts
Primary ContactMeltem Altınışık, 1
Outcome results
None listed