The Effect of Nursing Support Program for Women in Surgical Menopause on Their Life Quality

Mehtap Gümüşay

Status: Completed

Conditions: Quality of Life; Surgical Menopause; Nursing Caries

Treatments: Other: Nursing support program; Other: Routine nursing care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05809960

OrduU-SBF-MG-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the nursing support program developed in line with the Roy Adaptation Model on the quality of life, sleep quality and depressive symptom status of women in surgical menopause.

Design: The study was a single-center, randomized, controlled trial. Setting: This study was carried out in the gynecology clinic of a training and research hospital in Türkiye.

Method: The participants were randomized into two equal groups: intervention and control. The nursing support program developed in addition to routine nursing care was applied to the intervention group. Routine nursing care was given to the women in the control group. Data were collected with "Personal Information Form", "Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnare", "Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index" and "Perimenopausal Depression Scale".

Hypothesis:

H0-a: Nursing support program developed in line with the Roy Adaptation Model has no effect on the quality of life of women who have undergone surgical menopause.

H0-b: Nursing support program developed in line with the Roy Adaptation Model has no effect on the sleep quality of women who have undergone surgical menopause.

H0-c: Nursing support program developed in line with the Roy Adaptation Model has no effect on the depressive symptom status of women who have undergone surgical menopause.

Enrollment: 77 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• To have undergone surgical menopause
• To be literate
• To agree to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• To have natural menopause before the operation
• To have an oncological disease
• To have a psychiatric disease
• To use sleeping pills
• To use hormonal therapy
• To have physical and mental disability
• To have barrier to communication

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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77 participants in 2 patient groups

Investigation Group

Experimental group

Description:

Education was given, which was prepared in line with the Roy Adaptation Theory and considering the literature, including the problems experienced in menopausal periods and the approaches used to cope with them. The progressive relaxation exercise was explained and taught to the women and the first application was provided with the instructions. "Menopause and Life" booklet prepared in line with Roy Adaptation Theory was given to support the education given and to remember the information afterwards.

Treatment:

Other: Nursing support program

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Routine nursing care was given to the control group. The clinical routine has not been exceeded.

Treatment:

Other: Routine nursing care