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- Title
The effect of mobile app-based self-care training on the quality of marital relations and the severity of menopausal symptoms in postmenopausal women: a clinical trial study in Iran.
- Authors
Rafati, Foozieh; Pourshahrokhi, Najme; Bahador, Raziyeh Sadat; Dastyar, Neda; Mehralizadeh, Akbar
- Abstract
Background: Educational interventions for self-care are a necessary solution to help postmenopausal women properly deal with menopausal problems. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of self-care training using an application on the quality of marital relations and the severity of menopausal symptoms in postmenopausal women in Iran. Methods: In this study, 60 postmenopausal women selected using the convenience sampling method were divided into two groups, intervention and control, using simple random allocation (lottery). The intervention group used the menopause self-care application for eight weeks in addition to routine care, but the control group only received the routine care. The Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) and the Perceived Relationship Quality Components (PRQC) questionnaire were completed in two stages, before and immediately after eight weeks, in both groups. Data were analyzed using SPSS software (version 16), descriptive (mean and standard deviation), and inferential (ANCOVA and Bonferroni post hoc) statistics. Results: The ANCOVA results showed that the use of the menopause self-care application decreased the severity of the participants' menopause symptoms (P = 0.001) and improved the quality of their marital relations (P = 0.001). Conclusion: Implementation of a self-care training program through the application helped improve the quality of marital relations and reduce the severity of postmenopausal women's symptoms, so it can be used as an effective method to prevent the unpleasant consequences of menopause. Trial registration: The present study was registered at https://fa.irct.ir/ on 2021–05-28 (registration number: IRCT20201226049833N1).
- Subjects
IRAN; MARITAL relations; MARITAL quality; POSTMENOPAUSE; CONVENIENCE sampling (Statistics); CLINICAL trials
- Publication
BMC Women's Health, 2023, Vol 23, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1472-6874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12905-023-02463-4