NCT04731402

The Effect of Acupressure, Laughter Yoga and Mindfulness on Menopausal Symptoms and Quality of Life

The Effect of Acupressure, Laughter Yoga and Conscious Awareness on Menopausal Symptoms and Quality of Life in Menopausal Women.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 180 (actual)
• Sponsor: Inonu University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 50 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed description

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.

Conditions

• Menopausal Symptoms
• Quality of Life

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Acupressure, laughter yoga and mindfulness stress reduction program	Initiatives will be applied to the experimental group. only measurement tools will be applied to the control group

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-01
• Primary completion: 2021-04-01
• Completion: 2021-05-01
• First posted: 2021-02-01
• Last updated: 2021-02-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)