The Effect of Acupressure, Laughter Yoga and Conscious Awareness on Menopausal Symptoms and Quality of Life in Menopausal Women.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 180
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Acupressure, Laughter Yoga and mindfulness stress reduction program Effects on menopausal quality of life
研究概览
简要总结
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.
详细描述
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 50 Years 至 70 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •in the menopausal period
排除标准
- •presence of psychiatric illness using psychiatric medication
研究组 & 干预措施
Acupressure
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.
干预措施: Acupressure, laughter yoga and mindfulness stress reduction program (Other)
Laughter Yoga
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.
干预措施: Acupressure, laughter yoga and mindfulness stress reduction program (Other)
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.
干预措施: Acupressure, laughter yoga and mindfulness stress reduction program (Other)
Control Group
INTERVENTION NOT IMPLEMENTED
结局指标
主要结局
Acupressure, Laughter Yoga and mindfulness stress reduction program Effects on menopausal quality of life
时间窗: 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
时间窗: 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.
次要结局
未报告次要终点