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

Table 5

MENQOL scale subscale points of Aerobic and Resistance exercise groups before and after the exercise program 𝑋 ± SD, 𝑁 = 18.

MENQOL scale subscales	Before resistance exercise program	After resistance exercise program	P Value†	IQ	Before aerobic exercise program	After aerobic exercise program	P Value†	IQ
Vasomotor symptoms	11.3 ± 5.9	10.5 ± 5.6	.006	0.14	14.2 ± 5.4	11.3 ± 12.7	.005	0.32
Psychosocial symptoms	22.6 ± 9.5	17.8 ± 7.5	.002	0.56	29.3 ± 12.0	20.7 ± 8.8	.001	0.83
Physical symptoms	55.7 ± 18.6	46.8 ± 17.5	.004	0.49	64.2 ± 15.6	52.7 ± 13.7	.001	0.78
Sexual symptoms	10.1 ± 7.0	10.1 ± 7.0	1.000	0	10.2 ± 7.9	9.7 ± 7.6	.088	0.06

IQ: Influence Quantity, †: Wilcoxon signed-rank test.