Symptom Management Program Based on Story Theory for Postmenopausal Women (SEMSTOP)

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Purpose: To investigate the effect of the Symptom Management Program Based on Story Theory on vasomotor symptoms and sleep quality in postmenopausal women. Design: The type of this research is mixed method (qualitative and quantitative research design together). It enables to strengthen the weaknesses of mixed method research, to increase the generalizability of the results, and to produce more reliable outputs regarding theory and practice. The quantitative research dimension is a randomized single-blind pretest-posttest experimental model with a control group. The qualitative research dimension is the descriptive phenomenological design. Method: The research will be carried out at Ömürevleri, Atakum, Mimar Sinan, Çobanlı and Yenimahalle Family Health Centers located in different regions of the Atakum District of Samsun. After informing the women who come to the Family Health Centers about the face-to-face research, the research will be conducted completely online (due to the COVID-19 pandemic) after the verbal consent of the women who volunteered to participate in the research and their contact numbers are obtained. The postmenopausal women who apply to the institutions where the research will be conducted and meet the inclusion criteria constitute the population of the research. When the sample size calculated with the G.Power program was taken as Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score mean and standard deviation value as 6.57±1.23, with 5% significance level, 80% test power, 0.700 effect size, there were at least 68 groups, 34 for the experimental group and 34 for the control group. identified as a person. Considering the sample loss in the experimental and control groups, with 10% more sampling, a total of 76 women will be included in the sample, with 38 women in each group. n the study, the data will be collected with the Personal Information Form, the Menopause Symptoms Assessment Scale, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the Story Theory Based Semi-Structured Interview Form (for qualitative research) developed by the researchers in line with the literature. As a result of the study, the data will be evaluated separately as qualitative and quantitative.

Official Title
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The Effect of Symptom Management Program Based on Story Theory on Vasomotor Symptoms and Sleep Quality in Postmenopausal Women

Conditions
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Menopause

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: SEMSTOP
* Other: control


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Be a volunteer, To be literate to have a smart mobile phone/computer To be in the first 2 years after menopause Experiencing vasomotor symptoms Exclusion Criteria: Having a communication barrier Having problems with internet access Being in the premenopausal period Undergoing surgical menopause Getting a diagnosis of respiratory system Getting a diagnosis of hypertension and cardiovascular disease Getting treatment for menopause, getting training on breathing exercises Treatment for sleep disorders receive

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 35 Years
Maximum Age: 60 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

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


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: SEMSTOP<br>It is the group to which the initiatives will be applied. | Other: SEMSTOP<br>* This program has been developed based on Story Theory and will be implemented individually online. The session content, units and topics in the program are arranged according to the conceptual content and flow of the theory. The program has been created in a certain flow, based on the concepts of purposeful dialogue, connecting with itself and facilitating the theory.<br>|
| Active Comparator: Control<br>It is the group to be compared to which the interventions will not be applied. | Other: control<br>* control grup<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index | It will be used to measure sleep qualıty of postmenoposal women | 1st months | 
| Menopause Symptoms Rating Scale | It will be used to evaluate menopaus symptoms of postmenoposal women | 1st months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index | It will be used to measure sleep quality of postmenoposal women | 3rd months | 
| Menopause Symptoms Rating Scale: | It will be used to evaluate menopaus symptoms of postmenoposal women | 3rd months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Sleep Quality, Postmenopause