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The Effect of Health Education and Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise on Vasomotor Symptoms and Sleep Problems With Perimenopausal Women

NCT04808232 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2021-05-11

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Summary

This study aims to determine the effect of health education and progressive muscle relaxation exercise (PMRE) on vasomotor symptoms and sleep problems in women with perimenopausal period; a randomized, pretest-posttest is a randomized controlled, factorial group experimental study. The research was conducted in a family health center. The required institutional permission and ethics committee approval was received. The sample consisted of 90 women totally, 30 of whom in the PMRE + health education group, 30 of whom in the PMRE group and 30 of whom in the control group. The data was collected using personal information form, Visual Analog Scale for Vasomotor Symptoms (VAS), Women's Health Initiative Insomnia Rating Scale-WHIIRS, vasomotor symptom diary, progressive muscle relaxation exercise follow-up schedule, and health education practice follow-up schedule. The data were stored in the SPSS 24 program. In the analysis of the data, ANOVA test, Repeated Measures test, Kruskal-Wallis H test, Friedman test and χ2 test statistics were used.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

progressive muscle relaxation exercise

We used "the muscle relaxation audio CD" produced by the Turkish Psychologists Association. The CD consists of three parts; the 10-min first part includes definition and purpose of relaxation, and points to take into consideration during relaxation, the 30-min second part includes instructions with river sounds, and the 30-min third part includes only relaxing music without instructions. We used the second part of the audio record in this study. Following the instructions on the CD, the students tensed each muscle group from hands to feet, and then, all muscles in their face and body for approximately 10 s. The women breathed in, tensed a specific muscle group, and then relaxed it while breathing out. The relaxation step took 10-20 s before tensing the next muscle group. Thus, the women relaxed by tensing and relaxing the muscle groups in hands, arms, neck, shoulder, chest, stomach, hips, foot and fingers, and all muscles in the face and body.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sidika Pelit Aksu

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-02-17
Primary Completion
2020-01-23
Completion
2020-04-02

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

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