Clinical Study

Short-Term Exercise Approaches on Menopausal Symptoms, Psychological Health, and Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women

Table 4

SCL-90-R subscale and BDI points of Aerobic and Resistance exercise groups before and after the exercise program ± SD, N = 18.

SCL-90-R Subscales-BDIBefore resistance exercise programAfter resistance exercise programP Value IQBefore Aerobic exercise programAfter aerobic exercise programP Value IQ

Somatization1.06 ± 0.70.61 ± 0.5.0010.751.09 ± 0.90.56 ± 0.5.0010.76
Anxiety0.61 ± 0.50.39 ± 0.4.0010.490.71 ± 0.50.38 ± 0.4.0010.73
Obsessive-Compulsive Dimension0.87 ± 0.60.59 ± 0.5.0010.511.26 ± 0.70.74 ± 0.5.0010.87
Depression0.77 ± 0.60.49 ± 0.5.0010.510.97 ± 0.80.56 ± 0.4.0010.68
Interpersonal sensitivity0.50 ± 0.40.33 ± 0.4.0050.430.81 ± 0.60.50 ± 0.4.0010.62
Psychoticism0.25 ± 0.30.19 ± 0.3.0390.200.59 ± 0.50.32 ± 0.3.0010.68
Paranoid Thoughts0.52 ± 0.50.41 ± 0.4.0110.240.80 ± 0.50.45 ± 0.4.0020.78
Anger-Hostility0.42 ± 0.40.28 ± 0.4.0070.350.63 ± 0.60.30 ± 0.3.0030.73
Phobic anxiety0.39 ± 0.50.32 ± 0.4.0680.160.31 ± 0.40.18 ± 0.2.0290.43

Additional Scale0.70 ± 0.60.55 ± 0.6.0080.251.24 ± 0.80.55 ± 0.4.0011.15

Average General Symptoms0.64 ± 0.40.43 ± 0.4.0010.530.86 ± 0.60.44 ± 0.3.0010.93

Beck Depression Inventory10.7 ± 5.85.1 ± 3.1.0011.2611.9 ± 8.54.7 ± 4.4.0011.12

IQ: Influence Quantity, BDI: Beck Depression Inventory, Wilcoxon signed-rank test.