Effects of Progressive Relaxation Exercise on Menopausal Symptoms and Work Performance: A Randomized Control Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 106
- 试验地点
- 4
- 主要终点
- Personal information form before intervention
研究概览
简要总结
Women typically enter menopause between the ages of 40 and 47, and they spend approximately one-third of their lives in this phase. During menopause, many experience hot flashes due to decreased estrogen levels, along with vasomotor changes such as altered heart rhythms and sleep disturbances. These issues may accompany or occur independently of hot flashes. Additionally, psychological changes can arise, including tension, sudden mood swings, anxiety, stress, and depression. Physiological concerns may include vaginal atrophy and stress incontinence.
详细描述
Previous studies have shown that menopausal symptoms can significantly increase women's social appearance anxiety, depression, stress, and anxiety overall, negatively impacting their quality of life. Moreover, a limited number of recent studies have attempted to explore the relationship between the severity of menopausal symptoms in the workplace and factors such as job performance, career development decisions, and overall work participation.
This study aims to investigate the effects of progressive relaxation exercises on women's menopausal symptoms and their work performance.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Double (Care Provider, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 45 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Being a woman between the ages of 45-65
- •Being able to read and understand Turkish
- •Being at least a primary school graduate
- •Not having menstruation for a year
排除标准
- •Having a disability in maintaining communication (such as hearing and speaking)
- •Having entered early menopause (no menstruation) through surgery or natural means,
- •Being on hormone therapy
- •Filling out forms incompletely
研究组 & 干预措施
Education
Progressive relaxation exercis
干预措施: progressive relaxation exercises (Behavioral)
Control
Participants with menopausal symptoms assigned to the control group will not receive any intervention. They are expected to answer the scale questions used in the study.
结局指标
主要结局
Personal information form before intervention
时间窗: Day 1 (During recruitment)
Evaluation of women using personal information. This tool includes questions on women's sociodemographic characteristics
Before intervention, menopausal symptoms
时间窗: Day 1 (during recruitment)
Evaluation of menopausal symptoms with Menopause Rating Scale (MRS). It is a Likert-type scale consisting of 11 items, including menopausal complaints. For each item, there are options of "0= None", "1= Mild", "2= Moderate", "3= Severe", and "4= Very severe". The lowest possible score is 0, the highest score is 44. An increase in the total score obtained from the scale indicates an increase in the severity of the complaints experienced.
Before intervention, Individual work performance
时间窗: Day 1 (During recruitment)
Before intervention, participants are evaluated with the "Individual Work Performance Questionnaire"The scale was designed to measure job performance perception. It consists of 18 Likert-type items. A high score on the scale indicates that job performance perception has increased.
Personal information form before intervention
时间窗: Day 1 (During recruitment)
Evaluation of women using personal information. This tool includes questions on women's sociodemographic characteristics
Before intervention, menopausal symptoms
时间窗: Day 1 (during recruitment)
Evaluation of menopausal symptoms with Menopause Rating Scale (MRS). It is a Likert-type scale consisting of 11 items, including menopausal complaints. For each item, there are options of "0= None", "1= Mild", "2= Moderate", "3= Severe", and "4= Very severe". The lowest possible score is 0, the highest score is 44. An increase in the total score obtained from the scale indicates an increase in the severity of the complaints experienced.
Before intervention, Individual work performance
时间窗: Day 1 (During recruitment)
Before intervention, participants are evaluated with the "Individual Work Performance Questionnaire"The scale was designed to measure job performance perception. It consists of 18 Likert-type items. A high score on the scale indicates that job performance perception has increased.
次要结局
- After intervention, menopausal symptoms(Ten days after the conclusion of the five-week training program.)
- After intervention, Individual work performance(Ten days after the conclusion of the five-week training program.)
- After intervention, menopausal symptoms(Ten days after the conclusion of the five-week training program.)
- After intervention, Individual work performance(Ten days after the conclusion of the five-week training program.)
研究者
Gonca Buran
Assoc. Prof.
Aydin Adnan Menderes University