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

Inonu University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Quality of Life; Menopausal Symptoms

Treatments: Other: Acupressure, laughter yoga and mindfulness stress reduction program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04731402

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Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 180 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 50 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• in the menopausal period

Exclusion criteria

• presence of psychiatric illness using psychiatric medication

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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180 participants in 4 patient groups

Acupressure

Experimental group

Description:

Acupressure group Acupressure application will be applied twice a week, 24 times in total in 12 weeks. Each acupressure point will be massaged for 30 seconds to provide circulation before compression. After the massage, pressures will be applied consecutively for 90 seconds. The session duration for each woman will be 8 minutes in total, with 2 minutes for each point in each attempt.

Treatment:

Other: Acupressure, laughter yoga and mindfulness stress reduction program

Laughter Yoga

Experimental group

Description:

Laughter Yoga group Laughter yoga sessions begin with gentle warm-up techniques that include stretching and stretching movements, songs, applause, and body movements. Therapy sessions are between 30-45 minutes.8 sessions of laughter yoga will be done once a week.

Treatment:

Other: Acupressure, laughter yoga and mindfulness stress reduction program

mindfulness stress reduction program

Experimental group

Description:

mindfulness stress reduction program mindfulness stress reduction program consists of 8 weeks. each week is 2.5 hours. each week has a different theme. There is a 6-hour silence day in the 6th week of the program.

Treatment:

Other: Acupressure, laughter yoga and mindfulness stress reduction program

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

INTERVENTION NOT IMPLEMENTED