Aging is an important fact to consider from the woman's health perspective. One of the most significant stages of aging is menopause, in which involves physical, psychological, and social changes in life
This study will be carried on forty perimenopausal women. They were selected randomly from outpatient clinic of El Kaser El-Einy University Hospital, Cairo University, their age ranged from 40 to 50 years. Group A ( Control group): It consisted of 20 perimenopausal women. They received anti-aging diet instructions. Group B ( Experimental group): It will be consisted of 20 perimenopausal women.They received anti-aging therapy (Aerobic, Flexibility and strengthening exercises) with anti aging diet instructions. Randomization: Randomization of sample selection was achieved using closed envelop way. Classification of the sample by simple random way into two groups equal in number, twenty for each group by using forty closed envelop, each twenty envelop contained a name of a group from the two groups (Group A) or (Group B) and asking each woman to choose one envelop from them, each woman attended to the group according the name of the group written in her envelop.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
40
Antiaging diet instruction :Be aware of the amount of calories, Reduce overall fat and sugar intake, Drink at least 10 glasses of water every day in order to remain healthy. d. Eat a variety of complex carbohydrates and vegetables instead of bread, rice, and corn.
faculty of physical therapy, Cairo University
Giza, Egypt
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