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ArticleJournal of education and health promotion2025

Effect of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on the quality of life of Iranian women at post-menopause ages.

Samaneh Ghasemi, Mahbobeh Poorheidari, Maryam Farjamfar, Shahrbanoo Goli, Omid Garkaz, Sahar Paryab

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Samaneh GhasemiStudent Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
Mahbobeh PoorheidariDepartment of Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
Maryam FarjamfarDepartment of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
Shahrbanoo GoliDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
Omid GarkazDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
Sahar ParyabDepartment of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.

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backgroundInfertility affects different aspects of a person's life. It can be said that infertility is one of the most stressful events in people's lives and this research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of treatment based on commitment and acceptance on quality-of-life dimensions during menopause. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis study was randomized clinical trial before and after the intervention and one-month follow-up with the intervention and control groups. The sample consisted of 100 eligible postmenopausal women. The intervention group (IG, n = 46) received 6 sessions weekly 90-minute counseling based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and the control group (CG, n = 45) received routine middle-aged and menopausal care. The intervention group completed the menopause quality of life questionnaire (MENQOL) before, after and one month after the intervention, and the control group also completed the questionnaire with the same time interval. After collecting the data, it was entered into the SPSS 18 software and analyzed with the help of descriptive and analytical statistics.

resultsThe quality of life before the intervention was not significantly different in both groups, but it improved immediately and one month after the intervention in IG (group by time

conclusionsBased on the findings of this research, it can be concluded that commitment and acceptance therapy improve the quality of life of infertile couples. And considering the high rate of infertility, this treatment can be used to increase the quality of life of this group.

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Acceptance and commitment therapymenopausequality of liferandomized controlled trial

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PMCPMC12822899

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