Chattha Ritu, Raghuram Nagarathna, Venkatram Padmalatha, Hongasandra Nagendra R
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation, Bangalore, India.
Menopause. 2008 Sep-Oct;15(5):862-70. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318167b902.
To study the effect of yoga on the climacteric symptoms, perceived stress, and personality in perimenopausal women.
One hundred twenty participants (ages 40-55 y) were randomly divided into two study arms, ie, yoga and control. The yoga group practiced an integrated approach to yoga therapy comprising surya namaskara (sun salutation) with 12 postures, pranayama (breathing practices), and avartan dhyan (cyclic meditation), whereas the control group practiced a set of simple physical exercises under supervision of trained teachers for 8 weeks (1 h daily, 5 days per week). The assessments were made by Greene Climacteric Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, and Eysenck's Personality Inventory before and after the intervention.
Of the three factors of the Greene Climacteric Scale, the Mann-Whitney test showed a significant difference between groups (P < 0.05) in the vasomotor symptoms, a marginally significant difference (P = 0.06) in psychological factors but not in the somatic component. Effect sizes were higher in the yoga group for all factors. There was a significantly greater degree of decrease in Perceived Stress Scale scores (P < 0.001, independent samples t test) in the yoga group compared with controls (between-group analysis) with a higher effect size in the yoga group (1.10) than the control (0.27). On the Eysenck's Personality Inventory, the decrease in neuroticism was greater (P < 0.05) in the yoga group (effect size = 0.43) than the control group (effect size = 0.21) with no change in extroversion in either the yoga or control group.
Eight weeks of an integrated approach to yoga therapy decreases climacteric symptoms, perceived stress, and neuroticism in perimenopausal women better than physical exercise.
研究瑜伽对围绝经期女性更年期症状、感知压力及性格的影响。
120名参与者（年龄40 - 55岁）被随机分为两组，即瑜伽组和对照组。瑜伽组采用综合瑜伽疗法，包括12个姿势的拜日式（太阳致敬式）、调息法（呼吸练习）和循环冥想，而对照组在受过训练的教师监督下进行一组简单的体育锻炼，为期8周（每天1小时，每周5天）。干预前后通过格林更年期量表、感知压力量表和艾森克人格问卷进行评估。
在格林更年期量表的三个因素中，曼 - 惠特尼检验显示，两组在血管舒缩症状方面存在显著差异（P < 0.05），在心理因素方面存在边缘显著差异（P = 0.06），但在躯体成分方面无差异。瑜伽组所有因素的效应量更高。与对照组相比，瑜伽组的感知压力量表得分显著降低（P < 0.001，独立样本t检验）（组间分析），瑜伽组的效应量（1.10）高于对照组（0.27）。在艾森克人格问卷上，瑜伽组的神经质降低幅度大于对照组（P < 0.05）（效应量 = 0.43），而对照组（效应量 = 0.21），瑜伽组和对照组的外向性均无变化。
为期8周的综合瑜伽疗法比体育锻炼能更好地减轻围绝经期女性的更年期症状、感知压力和神经质。
