THE INFLUENCE OF NON-HORMONAL CORRECTION OF CLIMACTERIC DISORDERS ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME
The research studies the quality of life of 120 women with metabolic syndrome in the climacteric period at the age of 45–70. Patients were divided into 3 equal groups of 40. In the main group the non-drug treatment (diet therapy, psychotherapy, physiotherapy, medical fitness) was combined with the oral intake of the extract of dry red clover (Trifolium pratense), standardized to 40% of isoflavones. In the first group only the non-drug treatment was applied. In the second group the extract of dry red clover (Trifolium pratense) monotherapy was employed. The severity of the climacteric syndrome was assessed with the help of the modified Kupperman Index (E.V. Uvarova version, 1983). The life quality of all patients was assessed with the help of MOS 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey before the treatment and after six months of therapy. The received results demonstrate a positive influence of non-hormonal therapy on the quality of life of patients with metabolic syndrome in the climacteric period. The most effective showed to be the complex approach to the treatment – the oral intake of the extract of dry red clover (Trifolium pratense) combined with the correction of way of life, with diet therapy, psychotherapy, physiotherapy, medical fitness, compared to the application of only the non-drug treatment mentioned above or only the intake of the extract of dry red clover.