The Effect of Nursing Support Program for Women in Surgical Menopause on Their Life Quality

Quality of Life Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Nursing Support Program Developed in Accordance With Roy Adaptation Model for Women in Surgical Menopause on Their Life Quality

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05809960
• Other study ID #: OrduU-SBF-MG-1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 20, 2020
• Est. completion date: July 30, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: March 2023
• Source: T.C. ORDU ÜNIVERSITESI
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the nursing support program developed in line with the Roy Adaptation Model on the quality of life, sleep quality and depressive symptom status of women in surgical menopause. Design: The study was a single-center, randomized, controlled trial. Setting: This study was carried out in the gynecology clinic of a training and research hospital in Türkiye. Method: The participants were randomized into two equal groups: intervention and control. The nursing support program developed in addition to routine nursing care was applied to the intervention group. Routine nursing care was given to the women in the control group. Data were collected with "Personal Information Form", "Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnare", "Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index" and "Perimenopausal Depression Scale". Hypothesis: H0-a: Nursing support program developed in line with the Roy Adaptation Model has no effect on the quality of life of women who have undergone surgical menopause. H0-b: Nursing support program developed in line with the Roy Adaptation Model has no effect on the sleep quality of women who have undergone surgical menopause. H0-c: Nursing support program developed in line with the Roy Adaptation Model has no effect on the depressive symptom status of women who have undergone surgical menopause.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 77
• Est. completion date: July 30, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: February 18, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• To have undergone surgical menopause
• To be literate
• To agree to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• To have natural menopause before the operation
• To have an oncological disease
• To have a psychiatric disease
• To use sleeping pills
• To use hormonal therapy
• To have physical and mental disability
• To have barrier to communication

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Nursing Caries
• Quality of Life
• Surgical Menopause

Intervention

Other:
• Nursing support program
It was discussed about the operation and surgical menopause that the woman will undergo after hospitalization for the operation. Education was given including the problems experienced during menopause and the approaches used to cope with them. Progressive relaxation exercises were taught and practiced. In order to carry out these procedures, an interview of approximately 45-60 minutes was held with each woman. During the program, four planned meetings were held. One of them was face-to-face and the others were phone calls. During the phone calls, the symptoms experienced by the women and their coping methods were discussed and the questions of the women were answered. The average of each phone call was 20-30 minutes.
• Routine nursing care
Routine nursing care was given to the control group. The clinical routine has not been exceeded. It includes discharge training for the surgery.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Ordu University	Ordu

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mehtap Gümüsay

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Life quality	Women's quality of life was evaluated with the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire. The questionnaire consists of 4 sub-dimensions. The score for each dimension is calculated separately. High scores from the questionnaire indicate low quality of life.	6 months
Primary	Sleep quality	Sleep quality of women was evaluated with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. The index consists of 7 sub-dimensions. The score for each dimension is calculated separately.	6 months
Primary	Depressive symptom status	Depressive symptom status of women was evaluated with the Perimenopausal Depression Scale. The scale consists of 5 subscales. Minimum point is "0" an maximum point is "48".	6 months