Asha, S (2019) Effectiveness of Soya beans Versus Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercise on Level of Menopausal Symptoms among Postmenopausal Women in Selected Villages, Kanyakumari District. Masters thesis, St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Nursing, Kanyakumari.
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Abstract
A quasi experimental study to compare the effectiveness of Soya beans versus Diaphragmatic breathing exercise on level of menopausal symptoms among postmenopausal women in selected villages, Kanyakumari District. Quasi experimental design was adapted for this study .Simple random sampling technique (Lottery method) was used to select the samples out of 70 samples 35 were in study group I and 35 samples were in study Group II. Modified Greene climacteric Scale was used to assess the level of menopausal symptoms among postmenopausal women. Pretest was done among postmenopausal women in study group I and study group II and soya beans was given to study group I, diaphragmatic breathing exercise was given to study group II. The Post test was carried out after the intervention with the same scale in study Group I and study Group II. The findings revealed that the mean score of level of menopausal symptoms among postmenopausal women in study Group I was 39.25 in pre test and 36.34 in posttest respectively. The paired ‘t’ value of 1.69 which is significant at p<0.05 .It shows that soya beans was effective in reducing the menopausal symptoms. In study Group II the mean score on level of menopausal symptoms among postmenopausal women was 36.71 in pre test and 29.62 in posttest respectively. The estimated paired ‘t’ value was 1.69 which was also significant at p<0.05. Hence, the research hypothesis (H1) is accepted. In post test, mean score of level of menopausal symptoms in the study group I was 35.48 and the study Group II was 29.62. There was significant difference between the study Group I and study Group II which was computed through unpaired ‘t’ test (4.57) which is significant at p<0.05 which represents the effectiveness of diaphragmatic breathing exercise on menopausal symptoms. So the second hypothesis of the study was accepted (H2). In study Group I, the calculated value of the selected demographic variables such as age , previous knowledge on Soya beans and Diaphragmatic breathing exercise and clinical variables type of delivery and history of medical illness except education, occupation, marital status, dietary pattern and the clinical variables such as Body Mass Index, age of attained menarche ,number of children, treatment of menopausal symptoms is greater than the table value which indicates that there is a significant association between the level of menopausal symptoms and the demographic and clinical variables .In the study group II , the calculated value of the demographic variables such as education, previous knowledge on Soya beans and Diaphragmatic breathing exercise and clinical variables such as Body Mass Index except age, occupation, marital status, dietary pattern and clinical variables such as age at menarche, age at menopause, number of children, type of delivery , history of medical illness and treatment of menopausal symptoms is greater than the table value which indicates there is a significant association between the level of menopausal symptoms and demographic and clinical variables. Hence the research hypothesis (H3) accepted. In this study the investigator concluded that soya beans and diaphragmatic breathing exercise are effective in reducing menopausal symptoms, but diaphragmatic breathing exercise was more effective than soya beans.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Additional Information: | 301721901 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Effectiveness, Soya beans, Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercise, Level of Menopausal Symptoms, Postmenopausal Women, Selected Villages, Kanyakumari District. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Jan 2022 16:21 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jan 2022 16:21 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/18901 |
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