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ArticleJournal of menopausal medicine2017

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

Fatemeh Shobeiri, Ensiyeh Jenabi, Mahnaz Khatiban, Seyyed Mohammad Mahdi Hazavehei, Ghodratollah Roshanaei

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Variation in menopausal vasomotor symptoms outcomes in clinical trials: a systematic review.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2020
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  5. A rapid review of menopausal education programmes.Archives of women's mental health · 2024
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5 authors.

Fatemeh ShobeiriMother and Child Care Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Ensiyeh JenabiMother and Child Care Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Mahnaz KhatibanMother and Child Care Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Seyyed Mohammad Mahdi HazaveheiResearch Center for Health Sciences, Department of Health Education, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Ghodratollah RoshanaeiModeling of Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis study aimed to investigate the effect of Educational program on quality of life (QOL) in menopausal women in 2016 in Hamadan, Iran.

methodsIn 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.

resultsThe 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 (

conclusionsThis study recommend that a unit in health and treatment centers be established for training menopausal women about health care by holding didactic classes.

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Clinical trialEducationMenopauseQuality of life

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PMID28951856
PMCPMC5606915

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