Assessment of Menopause Related Quality of Life Among Health Professionals in University Hospitals of UMC in Nur-Sultan

NCT04724135 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 024-2020
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 320
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This study aims to investigate the quality of life of menopausal health-care providers in University Medical Center (UMC) hospitals in Nur-Sultan and identify whether there is a difference in the quality of life between two major groups of women health-care professionals: physicians and nurses, and to explore factors influencing on it.

Conditions

Menopause

Keywords

Menopause; Quality of life; Healthcare providers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Menopause Quality of Life Measurement

  The participants will be asked to indicate whether they had experienced symptoms or problems within the past month and, if so, to rate how bothersome they were on a seven-point Likert scale from 0 to 6: with 0 indicating that they were not at all bothered and 6 indicating that they were extremely bothered. The 29 questions of the MENQOL (supported by NCBI and NHI) are divided into four domains: vasomotor (items 1-3), psychosocial (items 4-10), physical (items 11-26), and sexual (items 27-29).

  36 month

Study Arms (1)

Study group

Female health-care givers aged 45 to 64 years. The study participants will be recruited from UMC (Clinical Academic Department (CAD) of Women's Health, Pediatric Clinical Academic Department, Republic Diagnostic Center (RDC) and National Center for Children's Rehabilitation (NCCR)), Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.

Other: Survey

Interventions

Survey OTHER

The first part will assess the sociodemographic variables and reproductive characteristics, and the second part contain the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life (MENQOL) questionnaire The 29 questions of the MENQOL are divided into four domains: vasomotor (items 1-3), psychosocial (items 4-10), physical (items 11-26), and sexual (items 27-29).

Study group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 45 Years - 64 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Since this study is aimed to investigate and determine the quality of life in menopausal women, the participants are menopausal women aged 45 years and older.

You may qualify if:

• We will include all menopausal health-care providers working in CAD of Women's Health and Pediatric CAD UMC, NCCR, and RDC, Nur-Sultan Kazakhstan. In order to get the highest possible response rate as well as evaluate the non-response bias, there is a need to follow-up to those who did not responded.

You may not qualify if:

• Women with serious health problems, such as severe chronic diseases, including psychological/psychiatric comorbidities, and use of specific drugs for them, will not be included in the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Nazarbayev University Medical Center: lead
• University of South Florida: collaborator
• Università degli Studi dell'Insubria: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Surveys and Questionnaires

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Milan Terzic, MD, PhD

  Nazarbayev University Medical Center

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Sanja Terzic, MD

  Nazarbayev University Medical Center

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Gauri Bapayeva, MD, PhD

  Nazarbayev University Medical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Gauri Bapayeva, MD, PhD

CONTACT

+77017462800; gauri.bapaeva@umc.org.kz

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 22, 2021
• First Posted: January 26, 2021
• Study Start: September 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2023
• Study Completion: August 1, 2024
• Last Updated: January 27, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-01