A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Pranayama in Reducing Climacteric Symptoms among Perimenopausal Women in a Selected Rural Area at Coimbatore

The female climacteric is attributed to physiological ovarian failure which in turn causes the women in the perimenopausal period to suffer numeric physiological, psychological, and vasomotor changes which are need to be tackled to have a peaceful life. Hence, the research study was conducted among perimenopausal women with climacteric symptoms in Vazhukaparai Village with the aim to reduce the climacteric symptoms by practicing pranayama. The objectives of the study include; 1 To assess climacteric symptoms among perimenopausal women, 2 To evaluate the effectiveness of pranayama in reducing climacteric symptoms among perimenopausal women, 3 To determine the association between climacteric symptoms and selected demographic variables. The research design adapted for this study was one group pre test post test design. The conceptual frame work for this study was based on Emogen King’s Goal Attainmeny theory (1960). A Simple Random sampling technique was adopted. The sample size was 30. Severity of climacteric symptoms was assessed by using Modified Green Climacteric Symptoms Scale before and after the intervention. The intervention of Pranayama for 10 minutes daily for 5 weeks performed by the samples. Paired ‘t’ test was used to evaluate the effectiveness of pranayama in reducing climacteric symptoms among perimenopausal women. The obtained “t” value 6.63 was significant at p< 0.05, and in the selected demographic variables Age and BMI had a significant association with climacteric symptoms. The study revealed that pranayama can reduce the severity of climacteric symptoms