The Effect of Education Applied to Women in Menopause on the Daily Effects of Vaginal Aging, Avoidance of Sexuality and Sexual Stress

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.