In the postmenopausal period when the woman spent 1/3 of her life; Due to the lack of estrogen, some physical and psychological changes occur. These changes may cause some problems. For women who perceive menopause as the first step of old age, loss of physical strength, energy, attraction and fertility, menopause can also lead to anxiety. In addition to these, they are among the emotional changes in the menopausal period in symptoms such as hypersensitivity to events, fatigue, and insomnia. Sometimes it can even be seen in psychological disorders such as melancholy and depression. The new coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19), which appeared in Wuhan in December 2019, started to appear in different countries soon after. All countries have taken measures to prevent the spread of this virus. To this end, Turkey remains at home on March 21, 2020, and has commissioned social isolation measures. Studies investigating the effects of social isolation show that psychological and physical problems occur in individuals. Studies have shown that yoga and mindfulness programs have an impact on people's anxiety, depression, and the ability to control themselves. The purpose of this study; To investigate the effectiveness of telerehabilitation based yoga and mindfulness programs on psychological resilience, physical awareness and physical activity in postmenopausal women in social isolation due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Using telerehabilitation-based home programs aims to use an innovative model.
Other: Telerehabilitation-Based
25 volunteers postmenopausal women who are at home during the social isolation process due to the coronavirus outbreak will be included in this group. Online yoga and mindfulness protocol was created for individuals who will participate in the study. Each training protocol was planned as 30 minutes for 3 days a week for 6 weeks. It was planned to start the protocol with warm-up exercises and finish with cooling exercises. Respiratory exercise was added to the training protocol. Individuals were asked to participate in the study via telerehabilitation system and aimed to do their exercises with a physiotherapist.
Other: Video-Based
25 volunteers postmenopausal women who are at home during the social isolation process due to the coronavirus outbreak will be included in this group. Online yoga and mindfulness protocol was created for individuals who will participate in the study. Each training protocol was planned as 30 minutes for 3 days a week for 6 weeks. It was planned to start the protocol with warm-up exercises and finish with cooling exercises. The respiratory exercise was added to the training protocol. Video recordings containing only yoga and mindfulness training were sent to individuals. The participants were supervised by the researcher.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Being physically or perceptually competent to exercise,
- No spinal pathology or deformity,
- Volunteering to participate in the study,
- Not having menstruation for at least 12 months
- Hormonally, surgically induced or natural menopause-confirmed women
Exclusion Criteria:
- Those with serious heart disease (aortic stenosis, angina, hypertrophic cardiac
myopathy, arrhythmia, pacemaker)
- Those with inflammatory or systemic disease malignancy
- Psychological dysfunction
- Those who use corticosteroids
Istinye University
Istanbul, Turkey