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

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Dicle University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Healthy
Nursing Caries

Treatments

Other: reflexology

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04467645
LZA2018/4

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full 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.

Enrollment

72 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

50 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Crossover Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

72 participants in 2 patient groups

Reflexology
Experimental group
Description:
Reflexology Application: A total of twelve 30-minute reflexology sessions (2 per week)were administered to each patient.
Treatment:
Other: reflexology
No intervention
No Intervention group
Description:
No intervention was applied to the postmenopausal women in the control group.

Trial contacts and locations

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