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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03082040
Date of registration: 06/03/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Public title: A Home-based Breathing Training on Menopausal Symptoms
Scientific title: Effects of a Home-based Breathing Training on Menopausal Symptoms Among Community Menopausal Women
Date of first enrolment: October 26, 2016
Target sample size: 57
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03082040
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Taiwan
Contacts
Name:     Yuh-Kae Shyu, PhD
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Affiliation:  Fu Jen Catholic University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- aged from 45 to 64, reporting cessation of menstrual cycles with natural causes ? 12
consecutive months

- the Greene Climacteric Scale (GCS) Chinese version scores ? 1

Exclusion Criteria:

- clinically diagnosed with history of cardiac arrhythmia, coronary heart disease, heart
failure, kidney disease, hypertension, chronic low blood pressure, diabetic
neuropathy, psychosis or mental deficiency

- received hormone replacement therapy prescribed by gynecological physicians

- took cardiac medications which may affect the autonomic functions, ex., ß-blockers,
etc.



Age minimum: 45 Years
Age maximum: 64 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Menopause
Menopause Related Conditions
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: home-based breathing training
Primary Outcome(s)
Menopausal symptoms [Time Frame: Posttest (4 weeks from baseline)]
Menopausal symptoms [Time Frame: Baseline]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Autonomic functions (Blood pressure) [Time Frame: Posttest (4 weeks from baseline)]
Autonomic functions (heart rate) [Time Frame: Baseline]
Autonomic functions (Blood pressure) [Time Frame: Baseline]
Autonomic functions (heart rate variability) [Time Frame: Baseline]
Autonomic functions (heart rate variability) [Time Frame: Posttest (4 weeks from baseline)]
Autonomic functions (heart rate) [Time Frame: Posttest (4 weeks from baseline)]
Secondary ID(s)
MOST105-2314-B-030-006
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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