Yoga as a therapeutic tool: alleviating menopausal symptoms and enhancing life quality among women in Mangaluru, India

Variables	Intervention group		Control group
Variables	n	%	n	%
Age, (Mean age, years old)
40–45	15	46.9	7	21.9
46–50	13	40.6	18	56.3
51–55	4	12.5	7	21.9
Qualification
1–7 standard	1	3.1	3	9.4
8–10 standard	24	75	20	62.5
Pre university college and above	7	21.9	9	28.1
Residence
Urban	24	75.0	23	71.9
Rural	8	25	9	28.1
Occupation
Employed	13	40.6	13	40.6
Housewife	19	59.4	19	59.4
Type of family
Joint family	5	15.6	10	31.3
Nuclear family	27	84.4	22	68.8

Table 2.

Assessment of menopausal symptoms at pre- and post-test in the intervention group and the control group, Mean ± SD (n = 64).

Menopausal symptoms	Intervention group		Control group
Menopausal symptoms	Pre-test	Post-test	Pre-test	Post-test
Somatic	7.3 ± 1.83	4.75 ± 1.60	7.37 ± 1.73	8.28 ± 1.72
Psychological	8.0 ± 1.72	4.25 ± 1.58	6.84 ± 2.08	7.53 ± 2.31
Urogenital	3.93 ± 1.38	1.90 ± 1.14	4.50 ± 1.95	4.8 ± 2.03
Overall	19.25 ± 2.90	10.90 ± 2.58	18.71 ± 3.90	20.62 ± 20.00

Table 3.

Overall difference in menopausal symptoms and quality of life in the intervention and control groups, Mean ± SD (n = 64).

Type of test	Intervention group	Control group
Menopausal Symptoms
Pre-test	19.25 ± 9.00	18.71 ± 3.90
Post-test	10.90 ± 2.58	20.62 ± 4.02
Quality of life
Pre-test	73.12 ± 18.08	66.50 ± 11.86
Post-test	55.81 ± 9.78	71.59 ± 10.96

[i] Note: Menopausal symptoms, maximum possible scores = 44; quality of life maximum possible scores = 115.

Table 4.

Comparison of post-test scores of menopausal symptoms between the intervention and control group (n = 64).

Study groups	Mean Rank	Mann–Whitney, U-value	P-value
Somatic		84.50	<0.001^***
Intervention	19.14
Control	45.86
Psychological		134.50	<0.001^***
Intervention	20.70
Control	44.30
Urogenital		103.50	<0.001^***
Intervention	19.73
Control	45.27

Note:

*** P < 0.001, very highly significance.

Table 5.

Comparison of post-test scores of Quality of Life between the intervention and control group (n = 64).

Study groups	Mean Rank	Mann–Whitney, U value	P-value
Health		134.5	<0.001^***
Intervention	20.70
Control	44.30
Emotional		323.0	<0.001^***
Intervention	26.59
Control	38.41
Sexual		173.5	<0.001^***
Intervention	21.92
Control	43.08
Occupational		2.88 (t-value)	0.006^** (Independent t-test)
Intervention	20.50 ± 4.93
Control	23.59 ± 3.51

Note:

* P < 0.05, very highly significance;

** P < 0.001, very highly significance.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2026-0039 | Journal eISSN: 2544-8994 | Journal ISSN: 2097-5368

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Language: English

Page range: 357 - 363

Submitted on: Dec 29, 2025

Accepted on: Feb 4, 2026

Published on: Sep 25, 2026

Published by: Shanxi Medical Periodical Press

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