The Effect of Acupressure, Laughter Yoga and Mindfulness on Menopausal Symptoms and Quality of Life
- Conditions
- Menopausal SymptomsQuality of Life
- Interventions
- Other: Acupressure, laughter yoga and mindfulness stress reduction program
- Registration Number
- NCT04731402
- Lead Sponsor
- Inonu University
- 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.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 180
- in the menopausal period
- presence of psychiatric illness using psychiatric medication
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Acupressure Acupressure, laughter yoga and mindfulness stress reduction program Acupressure group Acupressure application will be applied twice a week, 24 times in total in 12 weeks. Each acupressure point will be massaged for 30 seconds to provide circulation before compression. After the massage, pressures will be applied consecutively for 90 seconds. The session duration for each woman will be 8 minutes in total, with 2 minutes for each point in each attempt. Laughter Yoga Acupressure, laughter yoga and mindfulness stress reduction program Laughter Yoga group Laughter yoga sessions begin with gentle warm-up techniques that include stretching and stretching movements, songs, applause, and body movements. Therapy sessions are between 30-45 minutes.8 sessions of laughter yoga will be done once a week. mindfulness stress reduction program Acupressure, laughter yoga and mindfulness stress reduction program mindfulness stress reduction program mindfulness stress reduction program consists of 8 weeks. each week is 2.5 hours. each week has a different theme. There is a 6-hour silence day in the 6th week of the program.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 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.
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.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
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🇹🇷Malatya, Battalgazi, Turkey