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Basic Information
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TERMINATED
NA
60 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2007-03-31
2010-09-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Different alternative therapies for alleviation of hot flashes are described in the literature. Both pharmacological treatments, different types of natural remedies, acupuncture, life-style changes and mind-body therapies are suggested as promising therapies. Applied relaxation (AR) is a technique influenced on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) using coping mechanism and conditioning. Previous study with healthy postmenopausal women showed promising results on hot flash frequency with an average decrease of more than 70 % with persisting effect three months after therapy and also HRQoL significantly increased probably due to better sleep and diminished vasomotor symptoms. But the method must be further investigated before strong evidence-based conclusion can be drawn.
Cortisol is a potent stress hormone regulated by the hypothalamic-pituitary axis. The factors underlying how alternative treatment works and the mechanism underlying improvements in symptoms are not fully understood.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Applied Relaxation (AR)
Applied Relaxation (AR)
AR is a technique influenced on cognitive behavioral therapy using coping mechanism and conditioning. AR focuses on muscle relaxation, where breathing is used for the conditioning of the relaxation. AR implies participation in 10 group sessions during a period of 12 weeks. A therapist will see the women assigned to AR in a group consisted of 6-8 women. The weekly sessions will last for 60 minutes each and are based on a scheme from Öst. The women will be told to practice each component daily.
During the first session a lecture about menopause and about theories of the mechanisms behind hot flashes will be given.
The aim of applying AR in view of coping with vasomotor symptoms will be discussed. The group is given a rationale of applying AR as a coping technique for handling sudden unanticipated symptoms by quick calming down, and thus gaining control over the situation.
Untreated Control Group (CG)
The women assigned to CG will be told to act as an untreated control group i.e. not to use hormonal treatment, other alternative medication, natural remedies for hot flashes and even not acupuncture, mind-body therapies or intensive physical activity.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Applied Relaxation (AR)
AR is a technique influenced on cognitive behavioral therapy using coping mechanism and conditioning. AR focuses on muscle relaxation, where breathing is used for the conditioning of the relaxation. AR implies participation in 10 group sessions during a period of 12 weeks. A therapist will see the women assigned to AR in a group consisted of 6-8 women. The weekly sessions will last for 60 minutes each and are based on a scheme from Öst. The women will be told to practice each component daily.
During the first session a lecture about menopause and about theories of the mechanisms behind hot flashes will be given.
The aim of applying AR in view of coping with vasomotor symptoms will be discussed. The group is given a rationale of applying AR as a coping technique for handling sudden unanticipated symptoms by quick calming down, and thus gaining control over the situation.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* More or equal to 7 moderate to severe hot flashes or more or equal at 50 hot flashes per week according to a two-week screening diary
* ability to understand and speak Swedish
* freely given informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
* treatment with hormone therapy (HT) or other complementary- or alternative treatments treatment for menopausal-related symptoms
* treatment with psychopharmacological drugs and/or sedatives d-un-treated psychiatric disease
* frequently exercising women (≥ 2h high-intensity activities/week)
FEMALE
No
Sponsors
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Elizabeth Nedstrand
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Elizabeth Nedstrand
Md, PhD
Principal Investigators
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Elizabeth Nedstrand, Md, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Ostergotland CC, University Hospital Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 582 85 Linköping, Sweden
Locations
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University Hospital, Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Linköping, , Sweden
Countries
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References
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Nedstrand E, Wijma K, Lindgren M, Hammar M. The relationship between stress-coping and vasomotor symptoms in postmenopausal women. Maturitas. 1998 Nov 30;31(1):29-34. doi: 10.1016/s0378-5122(98)00058-9.
Nedstrand E, Wijma K, Wyon Y, Hammar M. Applied relaxation and oral estradiol treatment of vasomotor symptoms in postmenopausal women. Maturitas. 2005 Jun 16;51(2):154-62. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2004.05.017.
Nedstrand E, Wijma K, Wyon Y, Hammar M. Vasomotor symptoms decrease in women with breast cancer randomized to treatment with applied relaxation or electro-acupuncture: a preliminary study. Climacteric. 2005 Sep;8(3):243-50. doi: 10.1080/13697130500118050.
Ost LG. Applied relaxation: description of a coping technique and review of controlled studies. Behav Res Ther. 1987;25(5):397-409. doi: 10.1016/0005-7967(87)90017-9. No abstract available.
Hunter MS, Mann E. A cognitive model of menopausal hot flushes and night sweats. J Psychosom Res. 2010 Nov;69(5):491-501. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.04.005. Epub 2010 Jun 1.
Hunter MS, Coventry S, Hamed H, Fentiman I, Grunfeld EA. Evaluation of a group cognitive behavioural intervention for women suffering from menopausal symptoms following breast cancer treatment. Psychooncology. 2009 May;18(5):560-3. doi: 10.1002/pon.1414.
Innes KE, Selfe TK, Vishnu A. Mind-body therapies for menopausal symptoms: a systematic review. Maturitas. 2010 Jun;66(2):135-49. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2010.01.016. Epub 2010 Feb 18.
Vegter S, Kolling P, Toben M, Visser ST, de Jong-van den Berg LT. Replacing hormone therapy--is the decline in prescribing sustained, and are nonhormonal drugs substituted? Menopause. 2009 Mar-Apr;16(2):329-35. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31818c046b.
Hoffmann M, Hammar M, Kjellgren KI, Lindh-Astrand L, Brynhildsen J. Changes in women's attitudes towards and use of hormone therapy after HERS and WHI. Maturitas. 2005 Sep 16;52(1):11-7. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2005.06.003.
Nelson HD, Vesco KK, Haney E, Fu R, Nedrow A, Miller J, Nicolaidis C, Walker M, Humphrey L. Nonhormonal therapies for menopausal hot flashes: systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA. 2006 May 3;295(17):2057-71. doi: 10.1001/jama.295.17.2057.
Lethaby AE, Brown J, Marjoribanks J, Kronenberg F, Roberts H, Eden J. Phytoestrogens for vasomotor menopausal symptoms. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 Oct 17;(4):CD001395. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001395.pub3.
Wyon Y, Wijma K, Nedstrand E, Hammar M. A comparison of acupuncture and oral estradiol treatment of vasomotor symptoms in postmenopausal women. Climacteric. 2004 Jun;7(2):153-64. doi: 10.1080/13697130410001713814.
Lee MS, Shin BC, Ernst E. Acupuncture for treating menopausal hot flushes: a systematic review. Climacteric. 2009 Feb;12(1):16-25. doi: 10.1080/13697130802566980.
Speroff L, Gass M, Constantine G, Olivier S; Study 315 Investigators. Efficacy and tolerability of desvenlafaxine succinate treatment for menopausal vasomotor symptoms: a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Jan;111(1):77-87. doi: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000297371.89129.b3.
Wiklund I, Karlberg J, Lindgren R, Sandin K, Mattsson LA. A Swedish version of the Women's Health Questionnaire. A measure of postmenopausal complaints. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1993 Nov;72(8):648-55. doi: 10.3109/00016349309021159.
Hunter M. The women's health Questionnaire: a meassure of mid-aged women's perceptions on their emotional and physical health. Psycol Health 7: 45-54, 1992
Aardal E, Holm AC. Cortisol in saliva--reference ranges and relation to cortisol in serum. Eur J Clin Chem Clin Biochem. 1995 Dec;33(12):927-32. doi: 10.1515/cclm.1995.33.12.927.
Lindh-Astrand L, Nedstrand E. Effects of applied relaxation on vasomotor symptoms in postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial. Menopause. 2013 Apr;20(4):401-8. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318272ce80.
Other Identifiers
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LiÖ/AR-2007
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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