The Effect of Education on Vaginal Effects of Menopausal Women

Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Aging; Menopause; Failure of Genital Response

Treatments: Behavioral: menopause education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06095193

GaziantepIslamSTU

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

Menopause is an inevitable event in every woman's life. This is a period in which women adapt to physical, emotional, mental and hormonal changes in their lives. During this process, the woman's menstrual cycle is permanently interrupted. 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. This research was conducted between October 2023 and December 2023 with menopausal women over the age of 45 who attended courses at Özgecan Cultural Center and Binevler Social Facility in Gaziantep. 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 Sexual 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.

Enrollment: 102 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 45 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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102 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental: menopause education

Experimental group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: menopause education

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention will be made