The Effect of Education on Vaginal Effects of Menopausal Women

NCT06095193 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: GaziantepIslamSTU
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 102
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The aim of our study is to examine the effect of education applied to women in menopause on the daily effects of vaginal aging, avoidance of sexuality and sexual stress. It is a pretest-posttest randomized controlled experimental study. The universe of the research; It consisted of menopausal women over the age of 45 who attended courses at Özgecan Cultural Center and Binevler Social Facility in Gaziantep. The sample of the research consisted of 102 people determined by the GPower method and determined by simple random method among all women who volunteered to participate in the study. Introductory Information Form, Daily Effect of Vaginal Aging Scale, Sexuality Avoidance Decision Balance Scale and Sexuality Avoidance Self-Efficacy Scale, Female Sexual Distress Scale were used to collect the research data. . The data will be collected face to face with the form prepared by the researchers after mass announcements and explanations are made to the women.

Conditions

Menopause; Aging; Failure of Genital Response

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Effectiveness of menopause education

  Improvement in women's symptoms as a result of training

  6 week

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Scale-1

  one week and last week

• Scale-2

  one week and last week

Study Arms (2)

Experimental: menopause education

EXPERIMENTAL

Women will be taught the physiology of female reproductive organs, physiology of menopause, vaginal symptoms in menopause, sexual myths in menopause and practices that will support sexuality in menopause, in 50 minutes for 4 weeks.

Behavioral: menopause education

control group

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention will be made

Interventions

menopause education BEHAVIORAL

Women will be taught the physiology of female reproductive organs, physiology of menopause, vaginal symptoms in menopause, sexual myths in menopause and practices that will support sexuality in menopause, in 50 minutes for 4 weeks.

Experimental: menopause education

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 45 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Being able to understand what you read
• being in menopause
• continue throughout education
• Being 45 years or older

You may not qualify if:

• being under 45
• having a mental problem
• not being in menopause
• not attending one of the training sessions

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University: lead

Related Publications (1)

• Elkoca A, Ayar D. Effects of education given in the menopausal period on the day-to-day impact of vaginal aging, self-efficacy in sexual abstinence and sexual distress: A randomized clinical trial. Women Health. 2025 Jan;65(1):4-18. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2024.2432934. Epub 2024 Dec 1.

  PMID: 39617952 DERIVED

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Asist.Prof.Dr.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 5, 2023
• First Posted: October 23, 2023
• Study Start: October 25, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 30, 2023
• Study Completion: February 28, 2024
• Last Updated: October 23, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share