NCT04910529

The Effect of Yoga Practice on Pain Intensity, Menstruation Symptoms and Quality of Life in Primary Dysmenorrhea

The Effect of Yoga Practice on Pain Intensity, Menstruation Symptoms and Quality of Life in Nursing Students With Primary Dysmenorrhea

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mersin University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 24 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this randomized controlled study is to evaluate the effect of yoga practice on pain intensity, menstruation symptoms and quality of life in nursing students with primary dysmenorrhea. The hypothesis of this study is that yoga reduces pain and menstrual symptom severity and improves quality of life.

Detailed description

In the study, 52 students will be randomly assigned to intervention (yoga) and control groups. The researcher will provide information about the purpose of the study and the study process by interviewing all the students in the sample online. All students participating in the study, who are in the yoga or control group of the study, will be given a data collection form as a pre-test by the researcher. Hatha yoga will be applied to the students (n = 26) in the yoga group in the study. Considering the studies conducted with these students, it is planned to practice Hatha yoga for 60 minutes twice a week for three menstrual cycles (12 weeks). Yoga practice will be done online by the researcher Aslıhan Aksu (A.A.), who has a Yoga Alliance-approved yoga instructor certificate, on the determined days and times using appropriate platforms. In the control group (n=26), no intervention will be made for 12 weeks. The results will be collected through data collection forms before the yoga practice and after the 12-week yoga practice is completed. The data collection forms applied to all students in the yoga and control groups at the beginning of the study will be applied to the control group again at the end of 12 weeks. The primary expected result of the study is the effect of yoga on students' menstrual pain intensity. The secondary expected results of the study are to determine the effect of yoga on students' menstrual symptoms and quality of life.

Conditions

• Primary Dysmenorrhea
• Pain, Menstrual
• Quality of Life

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Yoga	Hatha yoga, which is one of the most basic yoga methods, will be applied to the students in the study. During each practice within the scope of Hatha yoga, students; breathing exercises, relaxation techniques and warm-up exercises will be applied respectively. In addition to these, asanas (yoga postures) with balance, stretching, relaxation and strengthening components will be applied to the students.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-05-20
• Primary completion: 2021-11-20
• Completion: 2022-02-20
• First posted: 2021-06-02
• Last updated: 2022-11-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)