Progressive Relaxation Exercise, Menopausal Symptoms and Working Performance

N/AEnrolling By InvitationNCT07085078

Aydin Adnan Menderes University106 enrolled

Overview

Women typically enter menopause between the ages of 40 and 47, and they spend approximately one-third of their lives in this phase. During menopause, many experience hot flashes due to decreased estrogen levels, along with vasomotor changes such as altered heart rhythms and sleep disturbances. These issues may accompany or occur independently of hot flashes. Additionally, psychological changes can arise, including tension, sudden mood swings, anxiety, stress, and depression. Physiological concerns may include vaginal atrophy and stress incontinence.

Previous studies have shown that menopausal symptoms can significantly increase women's social appearance anxiety, depression, stress, and anxiety overall, negatively impacting their quality of life. Moreover, a limited number of recent studies have attempted to explore the relationship between the severity of menopausal symptoms in the workplace and factors such as job performance, career development decisions, and overall work participation. This study aims to investigate the effects of progressive relaxation exercises on women's menopausal symptoms and their work performance.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

106

Conditions

Menopause Menopause Related Conditions

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 45 YearsMax age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Being a woman between the ages of 45-65 * Being able to read and understand Turkish * Being at least a primary school graduate * Not having menstruation for a year Exclusion Criteria: * Having a disability in maintaining communication (such as hearing and speaking) * Having entered early menopause (no menstruation) through surgery or natural means, * Being on hormone therapy * Filling out forms incompletely

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Personal information form before intervention

Evaluation of women using personal information. This tool includes questions on women's sociodemographic characteristics

Time frame: Day 1 (During recruitment)

Before intervention, menopausal symptoms

Evaluation of menopausal symptoms with Menopause Rating Scale (MRS). It is a Likert-type scale consisting of 11 items, including menopausal complaints. For each item, there are options of "0= None", "1= Mild", "2= Moderate", "3= Severe", and "4= Very severe". The lowest possible score is 0, the highest score is 44. An increase in the total score obtained from the scale indicates an increase in the severity of the complaints experienced.

Time frame: Day 1 (during recruitment)

Before intervention, Individual work performance

Before intervention, participants are evaluated with the "Individual Work Performance Questionnaire"The scale was designed to measure job performance perception. It consists of 18 Likert-type items. A high score on the scale indicates that job performance perception has increased.

Time frame: Day 1 (During recruitment)

Secondary Outcomes

After intervention, menopausal symptoms

Evaluation of menopausal symptoms with Menopause Rating Scale (MRS). (The lowest possible score is 0, the highest score is 44. The increase in the total score obtained from the scale indicates an increase in the severity of the complaints).

Time frame: Ten days after the conclusion of the five-week training program.

After intervention, Individual work performance

participants are evaluated with the "Individual Work Performance Questionnaire" (The scale was designed to measure job performance perception. It consists of 18 Likert-type items. A high score on the scale indicates that job performance perception has increased.)