The Effect of Education on Vaginal Effects of Menopausal Women

Study Overview
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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.

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

Conditions
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Menopause, Aging, Failure of Genital Response

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: menopause education


Participation Criteria
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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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 45 Years
Maximum Age: 65 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 |
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| Experimental: Experimental: menopause education<br>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<br>* 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.<br>|
| No Intervention: control group<br>No intervention will be made | |

What is the study measuring?
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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 |