Effectiveness of Selected Yogasanas on Practice of Coping Strategies among Women with Premenopausal Symptoms Residing in Rural area of Pune

Abstract

Background Study: The premenopause is experienced by 1.5 million women each year and often involves
symptoms and it divided in to three categories somatic and vasomotor , psychological , and urogenital sexual
symptoms. In the rural area women are not aware about those symptoms and coping strategies to minimize
the symptoms by practicing of Yogasanas.
Methodology: In the present study quantitative research approach used and one group pretest post-test Preexperimental research design was executed. Total sample was 50; they were selected using non probability
purposive sampling technique. The setting of the study was rural area of the Pune. The questionnaire
and observational checklist was used in this study to collect the data. The independent variables were
Premenopausal symptoms while the dependent variables were practice of selected Yogasanas on coping
strategies. The group was taught about Yogasanas and explained them how to adopt coping strategies with
premenopausal symptoms. The researchers have supervised and follow up was done for 20 days after
intervention. In order to establish the reliability of the tool inter rated method was used. The scores were
calculated and the reliability was established by Cohen’s Kappa 0.86.
Result: In this study paired t-test was used to check the significance between pretest and post test results,
and statistical significant result was p-value is less than 0.05, it suggests that women with premenopausal
symptoms are minimized after the practice of Yoga asana on coping strategies.
Conclusion: It is concluded that practice of selected Yogasanas on coping strategies are effective and helps
to minimize the premenopausal symptoms.