Effect of aerobic training on hot flushes and quality of life—a randomized controlled trial
| Autor: | Clas-Håkan Nygård, Eija Tomás, Jaana M Moilanen, Katriina Ojala, Reetta Heinonen, Tomi S. Mikkola, Kirsi Mansikkamäki, Riitta Luoto, Jani Raitanen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Overweight Severity of Illness Index Medical Records law.invention Quality of life Randomized controlled trial law Severity of illness Humans Medicine Aerobic exercise Exercise physiology Finland Aerobic training Sedentary lifestyle exercise business.industry Cardiorespiratory fitness General Medicine Middle Aged Postmenopause quality of life Hot Flashes randomized controlled trial Physical therapy Female Original Article hot flushes Sedentary Behavior medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1365-2060 0785-3890 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/07853890.2011.583674 |
| Popis: | Background and objective. To estimate whether aerobic training has an effect on frequency of hot flushes or quality of life. Design. A randomized controlled trial. Participants and setting. Symptomatic, sedentary women (n = 176), 43–63 years, no current use of hormone therapy. Intervention. Unsupervised aerobic training for 50 minutes four times per week during 6 months. Outcomes. Hot flushes as measured with Women's Health Questionnaire (WHQ) and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL, SF-36), daily reported hot flushes on phone-based diary, cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), and body composition. Results. Intervention group had larger decrease in the frequency of night-time hot flushes based on phone diary (P for month X group = 0.012), but not on WHQ scale. Intervention group had less depressed mood (P= 0.01) than control women according to change in WHQ score. Changes in WHQ score in depressed mood (P = 0.03) and menstrual symptoms (P=0.01) in the intervention group were significantly dependent on frequency of training sessions. HRQoL was improved among the intervention group women in physical functioning (P= 0.049) and physical role limitation (P= 0.017). CRF improved (P= 0.008), and lean muscle mass increased (P= 0.046) significantly in the intervention group as compared to controls. Conclusions. Aerobic training may decrease the frequency of hot flushes and improve quality of life among slightly overweight women. |
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