IJAR - Indian Journal of Applied Research

Mrs. GANDHIMATHI.S; Dr.P. MUTHUMARI

Volume : IX, Issue : IV, April - 2019

Effectiveness of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction on Quality of life among Perimenopausal women at Sri Narayani Hospital and Research Centre, Vellore.

Mrs. Gandhimathi. S, Dr. P. Muthumari

Abstract :

The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of mindfulness based meditation on quality of life among Perimenopausal women. A pre experimental one group pre test and post test design with non probability purposive sampling techniques was chosen for this study. The sample size consist of 40 perimenopausal women, who are coming for Sri Narayani Hospital and Research Centre, Vellore. The data was collected by means of demographic variables and Menqol scale. These tools were used to assess the quality of life for perimenopausal women. The data was analysed by descriptive and inferential statistics. The major findings of the study revealed that pre test mean value of quality of life was 28.45. After the intervention given the post test mean value of quality of life was 16.15. The paired‘t’ value of the quality of life is 368.93.Hence there was significant effectiveness of intervention regarding quality of life .There is association between age, religion and number of children with selected demographic variables. The result shows that the mindfulness based stress reduction was effective in improving the quality of life among perimenopausal women.