The Effect of Yoga Training on Menopausal Symptoms on Menopausal Women

Parallel to the increase in life expectancy by years, the population of women living in the post-menopausal period is also increasing. In order to have a healthy menopause, which is an important part of women's life, it is thought that the adoption of yoga practice without health risks by women and its implementation as a lifestyle may be effective in reducing the symptoms of menopause experienced by women. In line with this information, it is aimed to determine the effect of yoga training on menopausal symptoms. The research will be carried out with menopausal women between the ages of 40-60 in Famagusta region. Women will be divided into two groups as intervention and control. Personal information form and menopause rating scale will be used in the research. The intervention group will be given yoga practice two days a week for 10 weeks. Menopause rating scale will be applied to the intervention and control group before and after the research.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Menopause
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: yoga

Detailed Description

Parallel to the increase in life expectancy by years, the population of women living in the post-menopausal period is also increasing. In order to have a healthy menopause, which is an important part of women's life, it is thought that the adoption of yoga practice without health risks by women and its implementation as a lifestyle may be effective in reducing the symptoms of menopause experienced by women. In line with this information, it is aimed to determine the effect of yoga training on menopausal symptoms. The research will be carried out with menopausal women between the ages of 40-60 in Famagusta region. Women will be divided into two groups as intervention and control. Personal information form and menopause rating scale will be used in the research. The intervention group will be given yoga practice two days a week for 10 weeks. Menopause rating scale will be applied to the intervention and control group before and after the research.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 62
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Cyprus
  • Famagusta, Cyprus, 90
    • Eastern Mediterranean University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 40 years to 60 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Willing to participate in research,
• Can read and write in Turkish,
• Open to communication,
• Those who are between the ages of 40-60 and do not experience menstruation for at least one year, Do not use medication to treat menopausal symptoms,
• No diagnosed musculoskeletal disease, no severe heart disease,
• Not doing regular exercise and yoga,
• Not surgically menopausal,
• Women without psychiatric problems

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusing to participate in research,
• Can't read and write Turkish,
• Communication is not possible,
• Those who are younger than 40 or older than 60 have experienced menstruation for at least one year
• Using medication for the treatment of menopausal symptoms,
• Those with a diagnosed musculoskeletal disease, severe heart disease,
• Doing regular exercise and yoga,
• Surgically menopausal, Women with psychiatric problems

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: control group; no intervention
Experimental: intervention group; Yoga practice will be done two days a week for 10 weeks.	Behavioral: yoga; Yoga practice will be done two days a week for 10 weeks.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
menopause rating scale	It was developed in German by Schneider et al. In 1992 to measure the severity of menopausal symptoms and was adapted to English in 1996. MRT was adapted to Turkish by Gürkan in our country in 2005. There are "0 = None", "1 = Mild", "2 = Moderate", "3 = Severe" and "4 = Very severe" options for each item in the Likert-type scale consisting of 11 items including menopausal complaints. The total score of the scale is calculated based on the scores given for each item. The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 0, the highest score is 44.	3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Eastern Mediterranean University

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• Efficacy of yoga for vasomotor symptoms: a randomized controlled trial
• Efficacy of omega-3 for vasomotor symptoms treatment: a randomized controlled trial
• Hatha Yoga practice decreases menopause symptoms and improves quality of life: A randomized controlled trial
• Effects of Yoga and Aerobic Exercise on Actigraphic Sleep Parameters in Menopausal Women with Hot Flashes

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 15, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 15, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): November 29, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 28, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 4, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): January 5, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 27, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 26, 2022
• Last Verified: May 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: menopause; yoga; symptoms
• Other Study ID Numbers: g9987n5g; Duygu Yılmaz Vefikulucay (Other Identifier: Eastern Mediterranean University)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Undecided

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No