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

Quality of Life Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Enrolling by invitation

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04731402
• Other study ID #: inonu university ethics
• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 2021
• Est. completion date: May 2021

Study information

• Verified date: January 2021
• Source: Inonu University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Enrollment: 180
• Est. completion date: May 2021
• Est. primary completion date: April 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 50 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• in the menopausal period

Exclusion Criteria:

• presence of psychiatric illness using psychiatric medication

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Menopausal Symptoms
• Quality of Life

Intervention

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

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Hacer	Malatya	Battalgazi

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Inonu University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Acupressure, Laughter Yoga and mindfulness stress reduction program Effects on menopause symptoms	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.	Up to 12 weeks
Primary	Acupressure, Laughter Yoga and mindfulness stress reduction program Effects on menopausal quality of life	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.	Up to 12 weeks