Effect of Yoga on Severe Premenstrual Syndrome in Young Adult Females: a Pilot Study
- Conditions
- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) is a complex disorder which involves physical, mental, and behavioral changes prior to menstruation. The common symptoms represent stomach ache, headache, back pain, exhaustion, anxiety, and concentration deficiency, so that PMS has undesirable effects on health and quality of life.Premenstrual Syndrome, yoga, quality of life
- Registration Number
- TCTR20210906006
- Lead Sponsor
- Khon Kaen University
- Brief Summary
The result showed that severity of PMS and flexibility significantly improved. There are also significant improvements of quality of life in physical functioning, bodily pain, social functioning, mental health, and total score .
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 10
the participants aged between 18-22 years who experienced PMS (PSST score = 39-57, and their BMI were between 18.5-29.9 kg/m2.
They were excluded provided they were pregnant, experienced neurological diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and musculoskeletal diseases, and routinely performed exercise (moderate intensity training, more than an hour per week) within 3 months prior to the recruitment.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Thai version of Premenstrual symptoms screening tools (PSST) at baseline and the end of the intervention Questionaire
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Thai version of the short form health survey-36 (SF-36) at baseline and the end of the intervention Questionaire,The trunk flexibility at baseline and the end of the intervention sit and reach test