Improving menopausal symptoms through promoting physical activity: a pilot Web-based intervention study among Asian Americans

Objective: Based on previous studies, a Web-based physical activity promotion program with educational modules on menopausal symptoms and physical activity has been developed for Asian American midlife women to reduce their menopausal symptoms through increasing their physical activity. The purpose of this pilot randomized intervention study was to determine the efficacy of the Web-based program in improving menopausal symptom experience of Asian American midlife women.
Methods: This was a randomized repeated measures pretest/posttest (pretest, post 1 month, and post 3 months) control group study among 29 Asian American midlife women. Multiple instruments were used, including the Midlife Women's Symptom Index and the Kaiser Physical Activity Survey. The data were analyzed using a mixed-model growth curve analysis.
Results: Over time, total severity scores decreased for the control group (−0.53, P 

Source: Menopause - May 26, 2017 Category: OBGYN Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research