The Effect of Reflexology on Sleep Quality and Fatigue in Postmenopausal Women

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Reflexology on Sleep Quality and Fatigue in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Control Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04467645
• Other study ID #: LZA2018/4
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: September 28, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: July 2020
• Source: Dicle University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Introduction: This study was conducted to determine the effect of reflexology on sleep quality and fatigue in postmenopausal women.

Description:

This study was conducted in Batıkent Family Health Center of the Ministry of Health between May-December 2018. The sample of the study consisted of 72 postmenopausal women. The data were collected by using the Introductory Information Form, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Fatigue Severity Scale. A total of 12 reflexology sessions were applied to the postmenopausal women by the researcher twice a week. No intervention was applied to the postmenopausal women in the control group.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 72
• Est. completion date: September 28, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: December 30, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 50 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• able to communicate,

• aged 50 to 65,

Exclusion Criteria:

• taking hormone replacement therapy,

• chronic diseases (such as diabetes, hypertension, and so on),

• psychiatric disease,

• diagnosed with a sleep disorder attributed to other cause

• menstruation for more than one year

• history of alcohol or drug addiction

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fatigue
• Healthy
• Nursing Caries

Intervention

Other:
• reflexology
Reflexology is the stimulation of the reflex points in the hands and feet by massage, designed to provide relaxation and relief in the body.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Leyla ZENGIN AYDIN	Diyarbakir	Sur

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Dicle University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Reflexology Application, Pre-tests applied Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS).	A PSQI score of 5 or higher indicates poor sleep quality. A mean total score on the FSS of four and above indicates chronic fatigue.	first week