J Menopausal Med.  2017 Aug;23(2):91-95. 10.6118/jmm.2017.23.2.91.

The Effect of Educational Program on Quality of Life in Menopausal Women: A Clinical Trial

• Shobeiri F
• Jenabi E
• Khatiban M
• Hazavehei
• Roshanaei

• KMID: 2389223
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.6118/jmm.2017.23.2.91

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
This study aimed to investigate the effect of Educational program on quality of life (QOL) in menopausal women in 2016 in Hamadan, Iran.
METHODS
In this clinical trial study, 100 postmenopausal women were randomly selected and allocated to case and control group (50 per group). Data collection tool included questionnaires of demographic information and Menopause QOL, which were completed by the samples before the intervention. In the case group, education program was run during 5 sessions for 45 to 60 minutes. Immediately and Three months after intervention, information were collected using questionnaire in both groups and they were analyzed using SPSS 16 software.
RESULTS
The menopause women in both intervention and control groups had similar demographics. There was not a significant difference in the QOL mean scores in before of the intervention between the two groups of intervention and control in all dimension of QOL. There was a significantly difference in the mean of QOL scores between the two groups in immediately after the intervention and 3 months after the intervention in dimension of vasomotor, psychosocial, sexual and physical (P < 0.001).
CONCLUSIONS
This study recommend that a unit in health and treatment centers be established for training menopausal women about health care by holding didactic classes.

Keyword

Clinical trial; Education; Menopause; Quality of life

MeSH Terms

Data Collection
Delivery of Health Care
Demography
Education
Female
Humans
Iran
Menopause
Quality of Life*

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