Effectiveness of a multi-dimensional group counseling program based on the GATHER approach on the quality of life in surgically menopausal women
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Objectives: Surgical menopause can influence women's quality of life in many aspects.This study was designed to assess the effectiveness of a multi-dimensional group counseling program based on the great clients, ask clients, tell clients, help clients, explain how to use, return for follow up (GATHER) approach, on quality of life in the surgically menopausal women.Methods: This randomized clinical trial was conducted using two groups.The study comprised 78 women meeting inclusion criteria who had visited 4 healthcare centers in Tehran from December 2017 to September 2018.The participants were selected through simple random sampling (39 in each group).The intervention group underwent 6 consecutive weekly group counseling sessions based on GATHER approach, whereas the control group received no interventions.Data were collected using the Menopause-specific Quality of Life questionnaire at 4 time-points (i.e., baseline, immediately after the intervention, 1 month after the intervention, and 3 months after the intervention).Results: The trend of changes at four time-points obtained on the basis of repeated measures test results showed significant betweengroup differences in vasomotor (P = 0.001), psychosocial (P = 0.025), and physical (P = 0.001) domains.Friedman test showed significant between-group differences in the mean score trend of changes at 4 time-points in sexual (P = 0.002) and overall quality of life (P = 0.004) domains.Conclusions: On the basis of the study results, implementation of this approach with less expenditure in healthcare centers aimed at improving quality of life in surgically menopausal women is highly recommended.
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Multi-dimensional group counseling led to significantly more improvement in overall quality of life and vasomotor, psychosocial, physical, and sexual dimensions than control.
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- Authors
- Moghadam, F. S., Mahmoodi, Z., Kabir, K., Mirabi, P., & Yazdkhasti, M.
- Affiliations
- Alborz University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Babol University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Corresponding author
- Yazdkhasti, Mansoureh
- Venue
- Journal of Menopausal Medicine
- Publisher
- XMLink
- Published
- 2019
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 130
- ISSN
- 1226-8704 (ISSN-L)
- 2288-6478
- 2288-6761
- PMC
- PMC6952707
- OpenAlex
- W3000268634
- Cited by
- 4
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2021: 1
- FWCI
- 0.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
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- Locations
- Journal of Menopausal Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Alborz University of Medical Sciences
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Sexual function and dysfunction studies
- Keywords
- surgical menopause, quality of life, group counseling, MENQOL, vasomotor symptoms, psychosocial symptoms, sexual function, menopausal women
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