BACK MASSAGE APPLIED CLIMACTERIC WOMEN MENOPAUSAL COMPLAINTS, SLEEP QUALITY AND MARITAL ADJUSTMENT

Launched by NUH NACI YAZGAN UNIVERSITY · Mar 25, 2022

Keywords

ClinConnect Summary

Climacterium is a life period in which women move from the reproductive age to the period when their reproductive ability is lost due to the decrease in ovarian functions. The most common climacteric disorder is vasomotor changes. The most common problem seen in menopausal period after vasomotor complaints is insomnia.

Sleep disorders seen in climacteric period negatively affect the quality of life and psychosocial health of woman. In their study, Jean-Louis et al., expressed that women in menopausal period spent approximately 10% of their daily sleep time by sleeping outside the bed durin...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • women aged between 40-65 years,
• • women who have 5 or more points from Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI),
• • women who do not use hormone therapy or who stopped hormone therapy at least one year ago.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • women who had sleep problems before climacteric period,
• • women who had uncontrolled chronic disease,
• • women receiving psychiatric treatment and/or using sleeping pills,
• • women with open wounds on their back were excluded from the study group.