Effect of Aerobic Exercise on Stress and Fatigue of Lactating Employed Women
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Stress assessment
研究概览
简要总结
The study aims to determine the effect of aerobic exercise on stress and fatigue of employed lactating women.
详细描述
The study aims to determine the effect of aerobic exercise on stress and fatigue of employed lactating women. This study will be carried out on Sixty lactating mothers working in the medical field who have returned to work after maternity leave and suffering from stress and fatigue.
The subjects will be divided randomly into two groups equal in number, the Aerobic exercise group ( group A) and the Control group ( group B).
Group A will consist of thirty employed lactating women suffering from stress and fatigue. These women will perform aerobic exercise for 30 minutes for each session, 5 times per week, for 6 weeks in the form of treadmill training (60- 70% of HR max) and do some modifications of their routine by following lifestyle modification advice given to them during the 6 weeks of the program period.
Control group (group B):
This group will consist of thirty employed lactating women suffering from stress and fatigue. This group will receive the same lifestyle modification advice that will be given to group (A) during the six weeks of the program period.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 25 Years 至 35 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •All participants are lactating mothers.
- •Working in the medical field 4 to 6 hours per day, 4 to 5 days per week.
- •Returned to work after 4 months of maternity leave.
- •Suffering stress and fatigue considering the perceived stress questionnaire and the fatigue assessment scale.
- •Their babies' ages will be ranged from 6 to 8 months old.
- •Having at least one year of work experience before giving birth.
- •Their age will be ranged from 25 to 35 years.
- •They haven't exercised more than twice per week during the previous 3 months.
排除标准
- •Any neurological, cardiovascular disorders, or metabolic disease
- •Physical impairments that prevent following the program.
- •Women who are planning to stop breastfeeding in the next 4 months.
- •Women with regular medications.
- •Mothers of formula feeding babies.
- •women who are smoking will be excluded from this study.
结局指标
主要结局
Stress assessment
时间窗: Baseline and 6 weeks post-intervention
Change from baseline of stress at 6 weeks. Assessment of stress through using perceived stress scale 10 will be performed before and after intervention
Fatigue assessment
时间窗: Baseline and 6 weeks post-intervention
Change from baseline of stress at 6 weeks. Assessment of fatigue through using fatigue assessment scale will be performed before and after intervention
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Sara Elsayed Basyouny Zaher
Principal Investigator
Cairo University