Effects of Crossover Point Exercise on Depression, Anxiety and Stress in Chinese Postmenopausal Women

Effects of Crossover Point Exercise on Depression, Anxiety and Stress in Chinese Postmenopausal Women

To analyze the effects of the Crossover Point (COP) Exercise Program on Chinese postmenopausal women.

This is a randomized clinical trial of single-blind with 2 arms (control group and experimental group), in which a pre-treatment-posttest design has been used.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Postmenopausal women without incapacitating chronic disease or contraindications to exercise
• baseline mental health
• no severe chronic diseases or exercise contraindications
• ability to understand the research details and voluntarily sign the informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women with undetermined menopause；
• BMI <18.5 kg/m2 or BMI >28 kg/m2
• uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure >160 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure >110 mmHg)
• life-threatening illness with a prognosis of <5 years
• currently receiving estrogen therapy
• currently taking medication that may affect psychological testing
• contraindications to exercise