How Does Basic Body Awareness Therapy Effect Pain Coping Strategies in Postmenopausal Women?

European University of Lefke

Status: Completed

Conditions: Menopause; Neck Pain; Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Therapeutic Exercise Group; Other: Therapeutic Exercise+Basic Body Awareness Therapy Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05893290

BAYEK022.03

Details and patient eligibility

About

Exercise interventions are deemed essential for the effective management of patients with pain. Various therapy methods have been shown in the literature for pain and coping with pain. However, there is no study investigating the effectiveness of Basic Body Awareness Therapy in pain and coping with pain. In this respect, our study will contribute to the literature. The aim of our study is to compare the effectiveness of Basic Body Awareness Therapy and Therapeutic Exercises on pain coping strategies of Postmenopausal women.

Full description

The patients will be randomly assigned into three groups: Therapeutic Exercise (TE) Group, Therapeutic Exercise+Basic Body Awareness (TE+BBAT) Group, and Control Group. Each group will be treated for 12 weeks. Individuals will be evaluated in detail at the beginning and end of the study. The follow-up assessments of the study will be done 3 months after the conclusion of the treatments. Physical and sociodemographic characteristics will be evaluated by dedicated form. The body awareness of the participants will be evaluated Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ) developed by Shields, Mallory & Simon in 1989. The pain levels of the PmW will be measured with the Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire. Pain coping strategies of PmW will be assessed with Pain Coping Inventory (PCI). The Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Index will be used for evaluating the disability level caused by low back pain. The Neck Disability Index will be used for evaluating the disability level caused by neck pain.

Enrollment: 54 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 45 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Participants should have;

• Chronic lower back or neck pain lasting at least six months
• Gone through the menopausal transition naturally within the last year
• Not received a physiotherapy approach for pain management in the last six months
• Be able to read and write in Turkish.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of significant neurological disorders
• Presence of serious mental and psychological disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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54 participants in 3 patient groups

Therapeutic Exercise Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The therapeutic exercise protocol will be taught to patients in the first session and will be done 3 times a week for 12 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Therapeutic Exercise Group

Therapeutic Exercise+Basic Body Awareness (BBAT) Group

Experimental group

Description:

This group will receive BBAT as well as therapeutic exercises for 3 times a week for 12 week. Therapeutic exercises will include strengthening, stretching, and stabilization exercises. BBAT will include postural alignment, breathing, and cognitive exercises.

Treatment:

Other: Therapeutic Exercise+Basic Body Awareness Therapy Group

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

This group will not receive any treatment.