Menopause self-care training improved questionnaire outcomes in an Iranian trial
A participatory education programme was associated with better reported quality of life, health and self-care, although the abstract does not describe the underlying score changes.
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The 30-second takeaway
The authors reported improvements in quality of life, overall health and menopausal self-care following the training programme. Participants were postmenopausal women in Iran who helped shape the intervention. The reported effect sizes cannot be read as percentage gains, and the abstract does not specify the follow-up contrast behind each result.
Control-group activities, raw score changes and results at each follow-up are not described. Without full-text assessment, it is difficult to judge what participants experienced or which parts of the programme contributed.
Participants helped shape the programme
Women contributed their self-care priorities and preferences, helped plan the sessions, and participated in group activities. Their feedback informed revisions, making collaboration part of the intervention rather than simply a way to collect outcome data.
What the outcomes represent
The outcomes came from validated questionnaires, and the study also reported a change in internal health locus of control. Its effect-size statistics do not directly show how much an individual woman's symptoms or daily functioning changed.
The original publication
Effect of Health Model-Based Menopausal Self-Care Training on Quality of Life and Health: A Randomised Controlled Trial.
Khademi K, Kaveh MH, Nazari M et al.
Health Expect · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 41316699
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