Effects of symptom management program on menopausal symptom severity and quality of Life in menopausal women
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This quasi-experimental study with a two-group pretest-between-posttest design aimed to compare the severity of menopausal symptoms and quality of life in postmenopausal women. The participants were women aged 45–59 years who were naturally postmenopausal. Sixty participants were randomly assigned to experimental and comparison groups, 30 in each. The experimental group received a 6-week symptom management program consisting of two phases: (1) building rapport, assessing symptom perception and providing individualized education with media; and (2) application–based learning focused on non-pharmacological symptom management strategies, including two-way communication, education, counseling, and self-management skill practice. Research instruments included the Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) and the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (MENQOL), validated by experts with reliability coefficients of 0.84 and 0.96, respectively. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and t-test.
The results showed that after the experiment, The experimental group had a decrease in the severity of symptoms both overall and in each symptom domain, during weeks 1-3, 1-6 and 3-6, and was lower than comparison group. There was a statistically significant improvement in the perception of quality of life both overall and individually, compared to before experiments within group and between group. The program is recommended to applied in health promotion services, with utilize application based on suitable contexts and health resources for well-being in those postmenopausal women.
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เนื้อหาและข้อมูลในบทความที่ลงตีพิมพ์ในวชิรสารการพยาบาลถือเป็นข้อคิดเห็นและความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียนบทความโดยตรง ซึ่งกองบรรณาธิการไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นด้วย หรือร่วมรับผิดชอบใด ๆ ทั้งสิ้น
บทความ ข้อมูล เนื้อหา รูปภาพ ฯลฯ ที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ในวชิรสารการพยาบาล ถือเป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวชิรสารการพยาบาล หากบุคคลใดหรือหน่วยงานใดต้องการนำทั้งหมดหรือส่วนหนึ่งส่วนใดไปเผยแพร่ต่อหรือเพื่อกระทำการใด ๆ จะต้องได้รับอนุญาตเป็นลายลักอักษรจากวชิรสารการพยาบาลก่อนเท่านั้น
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