The Effect of Education on Vaginal Effects of Menopausal Women

NCT ID: NCT06095193

Last Updated: 2023-10-23

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

102 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-10-25

Study Completion Date

2024-02-28

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Menopause Aging Failure of Genital Response

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Study Groups

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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.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

menopause education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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.

control group

No intervention will be made

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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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.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

45 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ayşe Elkoca

Asist.Prof.Dr.

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

References

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Elkoca A, Ayar D. Effects of education given in the menopausal period on the day-to-day impact of vaginal aging, self-efficacy in sexual abstinence and sexual distress: A randomized clinical trial. Women Health. 2025 Jan;65(1):4-18. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2024.2432934. Epub 2024 Dec 1.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 39617952 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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GaziantepIslamSTU

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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