The Effect of Education on Vaginal Effects of Menopausal Women

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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Menopause; Aging; Failure of Genital Response
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: menopause education

Detailed 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.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 102
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: control group; No intervention will be made
Experimental: Experimental: menopause education; 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.	Behavioral: menopause education; 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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Effectiveness of menopause education	Improvement in women's symptoms as a result of training	6 week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Scale-1	DAILY IMPACT OF VAGINAL AGING SCALE	one week and last week
Scale-2	Female Sexual Distress Scale	one week and last week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): October 25, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 30, 2023
• Study Completion (Estimated): February 28, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 5, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 18, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): October 23, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 23, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 18, 2023
• Last Verified: October 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: GaziantepIslamSTU

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: Indicate if there is a plan to make individual participant data (IPD) available to other researchers.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No