COMPARING THE INFLUENCE OF RELAXATION TRAINING AND CONSUMPTION OF VALERIAN ON INSOMNIA OF MENOPAUSEWOMEN: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL

Authors

  • Azam Jokar community Based Psycatric Care Research Center and Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, . Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz- Iran
  • Atefe Kargosha 2Students of master science Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz- Iran
  • Marzieh Akarzadeh Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Center. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz- Iran
  • Nasrin Asadi Maternal- fetal medicine research center and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz- Iran
  • Zahra Setoudeh Department of Statistics Consoler and Cardiovascular Research Center shiraz university of medical sciences , Shiraz- Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21010/ajtcam.v13i1.6

Keywords:

relaxation, valerian, insomnia, menopause

Abstract

Background: Sleep disturbance is one of the symptoms of menopause, which occurs due to a decrease in sex hormones and dramatically affects the quality of life. This study was designed to compare the effects of relaxation and Valerian on insomnia of menopause women. Methods: The study was a randomized clinical trial in 129 menopausal women with insomnia that were randomly allocated to three groups valerian, relaxation and control. After 1 month information obtained by demographic questionnaire and sleep quality Petersburg, then data analyzed in the software SPSS20 at a significance level of 0.05. Results: The results showed there was significant difference in the level of education , age of marriage(p<0.05 ).Comparing average scores before and after treatment of sleep disorders were determined in valerian and relaxation group was significant difference (p <0.001) and in the control group no correlation was found (p >0.05). Conclusion: This study showed that the herb valerian and relaxation techniques effective for menopausal insomnia and helps to increase the quality of their sleep.

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Published

2015-12-03

How to Cite

Jokar, A., Kargosha, A., Akarzadeh, M., Asadi, N., & Setoudeh, Z. (2015). COMPARING THE INFLUENCE OF RELAXATION TRAINING AND CONSUMPTION OF VALERIAN ON INSOMNIA OF MENOPAUSEWOMEN: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL. African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, 13(1), 40–44. https://doi.org/10.21010/ajtcam.v13i1.6

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Research Papers

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