Title

Effect of exercise on quality life among menopausal women

Authors

D. Bhuvaneshwari^1,* & Sathiyalatha Sarathi²

Affiliation

¹Department of Nursing, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India; ²Department of OBG Nursing, Sree Balaji College of Nursing, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India; *Corresponding author

Email

D Bhuvaneshwari - E - mail: bhuva83@gmail.com

Sathiyalatha Sarathi - E - mail: sathiyalathas@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received February 1, 2025; Revised February 28, 2025; Accepted February 28, 2025, Published February 28, 2025

Abstract

Menopause is one of the most important phases of a woman's life. Therefore, it is of interest to conduct a randomized-controlled trial approach and three hundred post-menopausal volunteers were split into two groups randomly and quality of life was evaluated using the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP). The exercise group engaged in a program consisting of submaximal weight-bearing and breathing exercises for eight weeks, five times a week. The quality of life in the two groups was compared after eight weeks. The NHP's quality of life improved in the exercise group, with a statistically significant difference (P < 0.05). Thus, an 8-week regimen of consistent, supervised exercise could enhance the quality of life for post-menopausal women.

Keywords

Weight bearing exercise, breathing exercise, quality of life, menopause

Citation

Bhuvaneshwari & Sarathi, Bioinformation 21(2): 155-158 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.