The effectiveness of Tibetan yoga to reduce climacteric symptoms and enhancing quality of life in perimenopausal women: a community-based randomized controlled trial

Abstract

Introduction: The climacteric symptoms has been the problems of most perimenopause women so far. This research examined the effect of using Tibetan Yoga in reducing climacteric symptoms and enhance quality of life of the perimenopause women. Objectives: To study the effect of Tibetan Yoga in reducing climacteric symptoms and increasing the quality of life in perimenopausal women.

Method: This research is an experimental research. The research participants were sixty-four Thai perimenopausal women who lived in Moo 9, Lahan community, Bangbuatong District of Nonthaburi. Thirty-two of them were randomly selected to join the experimental group, the rest were in the controlled group. The research instruments contended the Climacteric symptom assessment form, Socio-demographic characteristics questionnaire, Estrogen hormone record form, and the WHO quality of life questionnaire in the Thai language. The Tibetan Yoga program was performed with the controlled group as an intervention. The data were collected from the participants at the based- line, at the end of the program on week 12th and 4 weeks after the program finished. (week 16th) The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, such as frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation to describe socio-demographic characteristics of the participants. The inferential statistics such as t-test and repeated-measures ANOVA were used to test the research hypothesis. Result: There was a significant difference in the climacteric symptoms score of the participants between the two groups in week 12th and week 16th (F= 531.4, P-value < 0.001). All parts of the participants ‘quality of life in both experimental and controlled group had the significant higher scores than at baseline (P-value < 0.001).There were significant differences in serum estradiol levels of the participants between the controlled group and experimental group during week 12th and week 16th (F= 37.55, P-value < 0.001) Conclusion: Tibetan Yoga can be used to reduce climacteric symptoms and increase quality of life of perimenopause women.