Effectiveness of Education Specific to Menopause Symptoms

NCT06413875 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: makale
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 158
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Objective: To determine the effect of menopausal symptom-specific education given to menopausal women via WhatsApp on their quality of life and genital self-image. Methods: The population of the study, which has a classical experimental design with a pretest-posttest control group, was comprised of women between the ages of 45-65 across Turkey. According to the power analysis performed in the G\*Power3.1 Program, the sample size was calculated as 64 participants for each group, with an effect size (0.418), 95% power and 0.05 type 1 error, and was completed with 158 women. Data were collected with the Introductory Information Form, the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Scale (MSQLS) and the Female Genital Self-Image Scale (FGSIS). The research was conducted online via WhastApp in a pretest-educational intervention-posttest design. The data were analyzed in the SPSS 26.0 package program.

Conditions

Menopause

Keywords

Genital image; menopause; woman; symptom; quality of life

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• The total quality of life scale score of the intervention group that received training on menopause symptoms was better than the control group.

  Education Specific to Menopause Symptoms

  4 weeks

• The genital self-image scale total score of the intervention group that received training on menopause symptoms was better than the control group.

  Education Specific to Menopause Symptoms

  4 weeks

Study Arms (2)

enterprise group

EXPERIMENTAL

The data collection form was sent online to the participants in the sample and they were asked to fill it out (pre-test). Two separate groups were opened on WhatsApp for the intervention and control groups. For this reason, in this study, the educational intervention included sending an informative video once a week and informative messages three days a week for four weeks.In the intervention part of the study, after all participants filled out the data collection form, the intervention group was informed about Menopause once a week on the first day of each week for four weeks. An information video prepared in line with the topics specified in the Symptom-Specific Training Booklet has been sent. Informative messages were sent via WhatsApp three days a week, in parallel with the training topic of each week (training intervention).After the training, a data collection form was sent to the intervention group via WhatsApp and the participants were asked to fill it out again (posttest).

Other: education

control group

NO INTERVENTION

The data collection form was sent online to the participants in the sample and they were asked to fill it out (pre-test). No educational intervention was given to the control group. After the training, a data collection form was sent to the control group via WhatsApp and the participants were asked to fill it out again (posttest).

Interventions

education OTHER

Education Specific to Menopause Symptoms

enterprise group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 45 Years - 65 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Menopausal women between the ages of 45-65
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• between the ages of 45-65 between April and December 2023,
• in the pre/peri/postmenopausal period,
• not receiving hormone replacement therapy in the last 6 months,
• not having had a gynecological operation,
• women who have internet access, (6) use a smartphone,
• voluntarily agree to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Those who filled out the data collection form incompletely

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Bartın Unıversity: lead
• The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Ebru Cirban Ekrem

Bartın, 74100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Educational Status

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Socioeconomic Factors; Population Characteristics

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Participants were informed about the research, and then participants who agreed to participate in the research were given a number respectively. After the targeted sample number was reached, all participants were divided into intervention and control groups using a simple random numbers table.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Lecturer

Model Details: The population of the study, which has a classical experimental design with a pretest-posttest control group, was comprised of women between the ages of 45-65 across Turkey. According to the power analysis performed in the G\*Power3.1 Program, the sample size was calculated as 64 participants for each group, with an effect size (0.418), 95% power and 0.05 type 1 error, and was completed with 158 women. Data were collected with the Introductory Information Form, the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Scale (MSQLS) and the Female Genital Self-Image Scale (FGSIS). The research was conducted online via WhastApp in a pretest-educational intervention-posttest design. The data were analyzed in the SPSS 26.0 package program.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 7, 2024
• First Posted: May 14, 2024
• Study Start: April 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2023
• Study Completion: December 31, 2023
• Last Updated: May 14, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)