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December 23, 2007
Effect of Integrated Approach of Yoga Therapy on Climacteric Syndrome
- A Randomized Controlled Study
Ritu Chattha
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, Bangalore, India
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Abstract
Background: The study aimed at observing the effect of integrated approach of yoga therapy (IAYT) on the physiological, psychological and cognitive functions in menopausal women between 40-55 years.
Methods: One hundred and eight Subjects were randomly divided into 54 in yoga and 54 in control group. Vasomotor symptoms (Greene Climacteric Scale (GCS)), psychological wellbeing (Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) & Eysenck’s Personality Inventory (EPI)) and cognitive functions (Six letter cancellation test (SLCT) & Punit Govil Intelligence memory scale (PGIMS)) were assessed in both groups before and after the 8 weeks of intervention. Yoga group practiced one hour of IAYT module while the control group practiced set of physical exercises.
Results: Of the three factors of GCS, Mann Whitney test showed a significant difference between groups (p<0.05) in the vasomotor symptoms, a marginally significant difference (p=0.06) in psychological factor and not in the somatic component. Effect sizes were higher in yoga group in all factors. Wilcoxon signed rank test showed significant improvement in SLCT score and the PGIMS 8 out of 10 subtests in the yoga and 6 out of 10 subtests in the control group. The yoga group performed significantly better (p<0.001) with higher effect sizes in SLCT and 7 tests of PGIMS compared to the control group. There was significantly greater degree of reduction in yoga group compared to controls (between groups analysis) in PSS scores (p<0.001, Independent samples‘t’ test) with higher effect size in yoga group (1.10) than the control (0.27). In EPI, the reduction in neuroticism was higher (p<0.05) in yoga (effect size 0.43) than the control group (effect size 0.21) with no change in extroversion in either yoga or control.
Conclusion: This indicates that 8 weeks of IAYT treats the vasomotor, psychological and certain cognitive functions of the menopausal women.
