The effect of self care education based on health literacy index on self care and quality of life in menopausal wome

Phase 3

Completed

• Conditions: Menopause quality of lifeself care; Menopause; quality of life; self care

• Registration Number: TCTR20200324002
• Lead Sponsor: Tehran University of Medical Science,Iran

Brief Summary

There were no significant differences between the intervention and the control groups respecting the pretest mean scores of QOL and SC. However, the posttest mean scores of QOL and SC in the intervention group significantly differed from the control group

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-03-24
• Study Completion: 2020-04-20
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 98

Inclusion Criteria

A minimum of one year and a maximum of five years of normal menopause
Being married
Being sexually active
Having Minimum literacy
Having a health literacy level below 50 according to the Adult Health Literacy Questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria

having a history of accidents that affect one's mental and physical quality of life during the past month
having any psychiatric problem
having a history of hormone therapy for the past three months
having a debilitating chronic illness.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of life At the beginning of the study and 8 weeks after the end of the intervention Menopause-specific quality of life (MENQOL) ,self care At the beginning of the study and 8 weeks after the end of the intervention menopausal self‑care questionnaire

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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