Trial reportBMC women's health2023
Effect of group education and person-centered support in primary health care on mental health and quality of life in women aged 45-60 years with symptoms commonly associated with stress: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in BMC women's health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03663075 (The Effect of Group and Individual Counseling on Mental Health, Quality of Life and Sick Leave in 45-60 Year Old Women With Stress Related Symptoms - A Randomized Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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The Effect of Group and Individual Counseling on Mental Health, Quality of Life and Sick Leave in 45-60 Year Old Women With Stress Related Symptoms - A Randomized Controlled Trial
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundMental illness and somatic symptoms are common causes of long-term sick leave for women during menopause, which usually occurs between the ages of 45 and 55. Many women experience a lack of knowledge about menopause and its associated symptoms. This study evaluates the effect of group education and person-centered individual support in primary health care (PHC) on mental health and quality of life for women in menopause with symptoms that are usually associated with stress.
methodsThe randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT) with a two-factor design was conducted in PHC in southwestern Sweden, from 2018 to 2019. A total of 370 women aged 45-60 were allocated in four groups: 1, group education (GE) 2, GE and person-centered individual support (PCS) 3, PCS and 4, control group. GE comprised four weekly sessions and PCS included five sessions with topics related to menopause. The effect of the interventions were followed up at 6 and 12 months. Linear and ordinal regression were used to analyse the effect of the intervention, either group education or person-centred individual support.
resultsThe main findings: Improved quality of life and physical, psychological, and urogenital symptoms. GE and PCS resulted in improvement of the quality of life at six months. At the 12-month follow-up these results were significantly strengthened for PCS and improved health-related quality of life, and reduced mental, urogenital, and stress-related symptoms with an effect lasting at least 12 months. These results suggest that this intervention could be an effective intervention in PHC for improving women's health in menopause.
conclusionsPCS can be an effective intervention in PHC for improving women's health in menopause and possibly also prevent the development of exhaustion syndrome.
trial registrationUniversal trial number is U1111-1219-6542 and the registration number in ClinicalTrials.gov is NCT03663075, date of registration 10/09/2018.
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