Effect of Omega3 on Hot flash
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Vasomotor Disorders.Person encountering health services in unspecified circumstances
- Registration Number
- IRCT138903224253N1
- Lead Sponsor
- The International Branch of Shahid Beheshti Univercity of Medical Sciences & Health services
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria : Iranian nationality, being literate, age 45-60 years, post menopausal females (no periods for over 12 months), reporting at least two times hot flashes per day
Exclusion criteria: Receiving hormone therapy , having any known diseases such as (diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, thyroid diseases, liver diseases, blood diseases, cancer, reflux), consumption of drugs such as anticoagulants, sedatives, alfa-adrenergic agonists such as clonidine, supplements such as soya, black cohosh, flaxeed, prime rose oil, or vitamin E, consumption of more than 2 servings of fish per weeks, hypersensitivity to fish or fish oil
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hot flash and Night sweat. Timepoint: Two weeks before study and everyday during the study period. Method of measurement: Questionnaires, Dairy cards.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Kinds of food concumption and Food frequency. Timepoint: Before, at the middle, and after the intervention. Method of measurement: Food Frequency Questionairre.